based on the 2025/26 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Nice.
Scout report
M. Sanson is a 32-year-old central midfielder at Nice, rated 30.4 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 109th of 122 on scout potential in the Ligue 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a regular starter this season (60.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.36 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Sanson.
Judged on this season alone, Sanson graded 27 — a solid campaign that ranks top 34% of the 21 central midfielders in the Ligue 1, on 0 goals, 2 assists and 3.361 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 9 → 27). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 30, 17th of 21 of the 21 central midfielders in the Ligue 1. At 32 Sanson is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 10.5 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2023/24 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Nice finished 16th of 18 · a relegation-threatened side
3.36 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 33 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (16th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 0 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Availability. On the pitch for 60.3% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Watch points
- Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 30.4, Sanson carries the 17th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Ligue 1 of 21, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Nice finished 16th of 18) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (3.36 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
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Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Ligue 1 with 600+ minutes this season.
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