Axel Witsel

Central Defender - OGC Nice
15 Aug 2026
Saturday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 1 Transfers Relations Events 16 Awards Matches History

Events

16
Severity
Mood

  1. Personality clash with Andria Svanidze

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  2. Personality clash with Otis Caporusso

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  3. He has started to want: To finish on his own terms

    Mind

  4. He has started to want: The manager’s trust

    Mind

  5. Contract renewal rejected

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $1.4M/y

  6. Struggling to settle into the squad

    Minor
    Cause
    The settling-in period at a new club is the bigger picture. He has not yet found a small group to lean on inside the squad.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  7. Teammates admire his big-club pedigree

    Moderate
    Cause
    Mutual professional respect underpins this.

  8. Eyeing a future in coaching

    Minor
    Cause
    He is deep into the late stage of his career.; His professionalism marks him out for coaching.

  9. Announced retirement from international football

  10. Personality clash with Mohamed Amoura

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  11. Personality clash with Antoine Mendy

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  12. Signed a new contract

    Moderate
    Cause
    He committed to the project on terms both sides could live with.

  13. Turned down the offered deal

    Serious
    Cause
    He turned down the club's offer. The wage was below his expectations.

  14. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $1.4M/y

  15. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $1.7M/y
    Who
    Moulin Gabriel

  16. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $1.7M/y