The Valenciennes Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Rémy Boissier out for 67 days
The medical room confirms 67 days on the sidelines for Rémy Boissier, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Valenciennes
Romain Thomas was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Valenciennes against Red Star
0‑2 to Red Star, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Romain Thomas
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Romain Thomas, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pape Paye falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Stredair Appuah Owusu runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months and counting on Alain Ipiélé
Still no offer on the table, and Alain Ipiélé’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Valenciennes and Abdelwahed Wahib
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
No place for Joël Ngoya in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Joël Ngoya has his answer from Valenciennes; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market Valenciennes bring in an old head
- Player ratings The referee tires of Rémy Boissier