Nancy has officially announced its first summer signing with the arrival of Héliohdino Tavares, a 21-year-old French player of Cape Verdean origin. Tavares has already tasted Ligue 2 with Caen and had a good season with Guingamp's reserve team. He preferred to commit to Nancy, seduced by his athletic potential and margin for progression. The first Nancy signing of the summer has spent his early years as a footballer as a striker, before becoming a lateral player at Caen, and then being converted to a central defender at Guingamp. So he's a boy with a lot of versatility, a quality that could help him find playing time in Ligue 2 under the thistle jersey in 2026-2027. Héliohdino Tavares will have the opportunity to convince new Nancy coach Oswald Tanchot during the summer preparation that starts this Monday morning in Forêt de Haye. A restart with a group that will still evolve a lot until the kick-off of the Ligue 2 championship, on August 8 in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Between players out of contract and loaned players returning to their club, there have been about ten departures during the off-season. Some former players have already signed elsewhere, like Cazim Suljic and Adrien Julloux to Amiens, as well as Bakari Camara to Rouen. The Nancy squad will welcome some young players from the reserve team and two players returning from loan, while waiting for other signings to be added to Héliohdino Tavares. Nancy clearly needs reinforcements to be competitive in the next Ligue 2 championship, which promises to be particularly tough, with the relegations of Metz and Nantes and the failure of Saint-Etienne in the promotion playoffs. Several leads are being followed, including one that could lead to the return of midfielder Kenny Rocha to the club. Despite his good season, Kenny Rocha is not part of the Cape Verde team present at the 2026 World Cup. For the rest of the recruitment, led by the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar, everything will depend on the passage in front of the DNCG scheduled for this week, for Nancy's shareholders Krishen Sud and Chien Lee. And Nancy must find the right reinforcements to achieve its goals. But the competition will be tough in this Ligue 2 championship. So Nancy must be ready to take on the challenges.