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End of the match and no goals and no winners tonight. 🫣 Hard to hope for better tonight... Enjoy the rest of the evening.

Rento makes first official appearance for VAFC 😍😍

It's a pleasure to talk to you every day, my friends!

Exactly, good visibility tonight 😁

No goals at the break. Resumption match, we say 😅

Exactly my friend 😅

Hello from Châteauroux 🙂 Good match everyone 🙂

Both players are set to leave and will probably depart the club before the end of the transfer window. Matthias Oyewuzi has wanted to leave since January 2025. The club has received offers, but they have not been satisfactory. I don't think he will leave until he receives an offer of at least €1 million. As for Souleymane Basse, after a successful season, it seems that offers have also been received by the club, but I don't know any more than that. Like Matthias, there is little chance that he will stay with us in the near future.

National : Valenciennes s’avance avec une grosse pancarte dans le dos - La Voix du Nord

From what I can tell you, we are generally satisfied with the recruitment carried out by Mathieu Frison and Yoann Godin, as well as the appointment of coach Stéphane Moulin. The recruitment process has been very consistent and interesting. The key word is ‘caution’ and not getting too carried away at this stage. We are confident, but at the same time, we are not getting overexcited. In my opinion, the hardest part will be getting the team to perform well on the pitch. I think that if the team enjoys themselves on the pitch, we will enjoy ourselves in the stands. We feel more reassured compared to last season. We know that Valenciennes is one of the favourites to be promoted to Ligue 2 at the end of the season, but we remain sincerely reasonable and will take each match as it comes.

As for Valenciennes' reserve team, the championship resumes on 24/08/2025. I'm not surprised that Rento is in the squad for tomorrow. I wish him every success!

Good evening, friends, I hope you are all well! Tomorrow is the eve of Valenciennes' first league match, with an away game at La Berrichone de Chateauroux The coach's squad was announced a few minutes ago, and Rento Takaoka will be playing! I hope he gets some playing time tomorrow! I'm sharing the YouTube link for the match in advance because I'm going to the game too! Have a great evening, everyone! Allez VA!

We'll take good care of it, my friend!

https://www.va-fc.com/articles/29490 Japanese player Rento Takaoka joins VAFC's reserve team on loan! He is the first Japanese player to wear the VAFC colours! Eighteen-year-old striker Rento Takaoka will play for the Hainaut club's reserve team this season. On loan from Southampton's training centre, where he arrived last March from Japanese club Nissho Gakuen, this centre forward is a promising young talent from the Land of the Rising Sun. The arrival of this U20 international also strengthens the ties between Southampton and Valenciennes, two clubs that belong to the Sport Republic group. More broadly, this loan also marks a historic first: Rento is the first Japanese player to wear the VAFC colours. This is a nice coincidence, as the region has had strong ties with Japan since the Toyota factory was established in Onnaing in 2001. This cultural and economic rapprochement between Japan and the Valenciennes region is now finding a new echo on the football pitch. Andy Goldie, Director of Group Talent Strategy at Southampton. "Rento's arrival on loan at Valenciennes is an important step in our strategy to develop young players. Rento is a young talent we recruited in Japan. He is a Japanese international who played in the U17 World Cup last year. Valenciennes is a very good environment to help him progress this season. " Simon Raux, director of the VAFC training centre. ‘Rento's arrival is truly symbolic in terms of the Sport Republic group and the sharing of resources between clubs. Last year, Joachim Kayi Sanda left for Southampton, and this year, Rento has been loaned to VAFC. It's an enriching experience for all the players and everyone involved.’

Hi Danwulfe! Currently, both jerseys (away and goalkeeper) are out of stock (victims of their own success). Hummel is restocking, and the player jersey (white) should be available again shortly. The goalkeeper jersey will take longer (I would say September). The official physical store is currently closed for holidays, so I'll try to go there after it reopens and find out about delivery times and whether they ship orders to England.

The championship resumes this Friday, with Valenciennes travelling to La Berrichonne de Châteauroux. This is the first time Valenciennes has travelled for the first day of the championship in over five years. As was the case last year, the matches will be broadcast free of charge on the ‘Championnat National de Football’ YouTube channel. As I did last year, I will share the link to the match on your favourite forum. PS: Congratulations on your 10,000th post on the forum, my friend!

In the friendly match between Valenciennes B and Southampton U23, the Saints won 1-0. It was an enjoyable and somewhat competitive match, very interesting overall, with a solid Saints team that played well and realistically. Valenciennes tried a lot of things but without success. In my opinion, it was a good match overall.

Hello friends, hello SuperSAINT! This week, Rento trained with the first team, but for now, he will be with the reserve team for the start of the season. I strongly believe that he will join the first team in a few weeks. He watched yesterday's friendly match between our reserve team and Southampton's U23s from the sidelines, but after that, I didn't see him anymore; he must have left with the first team.

When you have the word ‘Hampton’ in your surname, you can only be the best, haha.

Sincere congratulations! A great final tonight! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Allez !

Come on, girls! We're with you all the way!

Matchday 5 for me

Personally, I really liked your 2024/2025 home jersey, and this year's was pretty good too. The one from two years ago, on the other hand, I wasn't a big fan, depending on taste and color, haha!

Honestly, these jerseys are really good, and they've been talked about in several national and international media outlets. I hope Hummel has some stock planned, haha!