« Usually, in January, we had the entire team. This year, important players have been called upon. We were disturbed”declares Grandpa Leye. Although there was no match last weekend, the Voltigeurs coach has not been idle. The transfer window is now closed. The technician can concentrate on the terrain and the upcoming shock.
Papy Leye: “We need to rethink associations and systems”
His team (8e20 pts) travels to Bordeaux (2e33 pts) this Saturday February 7, 2026 (6 p.m.). “This week, we had to do additional trainingspecifies the coach. We need to rethink associations and systems. We were able to take three players because we lost a lot of them. »
After Borges Varela, Miroux, Zouma, Tall, Fakhoury and Leroyer, Nabil Homssa left the club to sign his first professional contract (Montpellier). Mathis Oger (FC Nantes, N2, loan), Enzo Hamon (Angoulême, N2) and Namory Keita (Fontenay, N3) have arrived. Oger, unqualified, and Hamon, transferred outside the period, are not on the trip to Gironde.
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Only three players from last season are still there
To free up a place among the transferees, Kegongo should be offered a federal contract. Suspended, Dafé is missing from a group where there are only three players left (C. Keita, D. N’Diaye, Guedj) to have played at Matmut Atlantique last season (2-2, 09/21/2024).
VOLTIGEURS CHATEAUBRIANT. M. Lawye, D. Lawye, Fokam, Fokam, I. Leye, Kanate, Sabry, Mavinga, Nolin, Goediaby, Guess Sene, Guedj, C. Ketae, N. Keopita, Diop, Ly, Ly, Kego, Treaty.