Every FIFA World Cup cycle, some players deliver standout performances on the biggest possible stage, illuminating their names in lights and ensuring they become a hot topic in the transfer rumour mill. Angers’ 22-year-old central midfielder Azzedine Ounahi (182cm/6’0”, 72kg/158lbs) is one of the prime prospects to have emerged from...
Olivier Pantaloni led his long-time club, Ajaccio, to Ligue 1 in 2021/22 as L’ours achieved a second-place finish in Ligue 2 to return to the top flight — where they’ll face the likes of PSG, Lyon, Lille, Marseille and Monaco — for the first time since 2013/14 when they were...
Mohamed-Ali Cho is a 17-year-old attacker currently playing for Angers. He made his debut last August, at the age of 16, getting 14 minutes at right-wing in the 2-0 loss to Bordeaux. The ex-Everton and Paris Saint-Germain youth academy prospect was consistently in the Angers first-team squad through much of...
This past weekend, Gérald Baticle claimed the biggest scalp yet of his young tenure in charge of Angers as he guided Le SCO to an emphatic 3-0 victory over Olympique Lyon. Baticle arrived at Stade Raymond Kopa this summer, having spent the previous 10 years at Lyon, serving as Les...
French football has been producing an incredibly high number of precocious talents in recent years, and Angers SCO’s Rayan Aït-Nouri is the latest. The 18-year-old left-back has well and truly taken Ligue 1 by storm this year, and his performances have seen him linked with a whole host of clubs, including French champions...
