23 Aug 2026
Sunday
Process
3 Edition

The Dijon Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Dijon sign Arnaud Bodart for $3.4M

The paperwork is done: Arnaud Bodart joins from LOSC Lille in a deal worth $3.4M. Now comes the harder part.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Adel Lembezat

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Hugo Vargas Rios shuts the door

Defensive actions: 24, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Paul Delecroix in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dijon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Julien Domingues

Marked 9.26 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Jordan Marié

Defensive actions: 20. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Quentin Bernard gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Dijon see off Valenciennes

Three points for Dijon, 1‑0 the final word against Valenciennes in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Market

A long bet from Dijon on Jean-Baptiste Perrin

He is 16, and nobody at Dijon signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Dijon Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Ben Chayeel Hamada runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Adel Lembezat stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Adel Lembezat and Dijon agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Paul Delecroix in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Dijon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Paul Delecroix

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

A bad afternoon for Dijon against Clermont Foot

0‑1 to Clermont Foot, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Market

Talks stall between Dijon and Quentin Bernard

“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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Dijon Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Michaël Barreto signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Michaël Barreto commits to Dijon for another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Dijon

Paul Delecroix 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.

Match

Dijon come up short against Tours

Tours left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Adel Lembezat gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Julien Domingues

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Talks stall between Dijon and Jordan Marié

“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.

In brief