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 48th of 52 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 38% of the 8 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, 6th of 8 of the 8 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 6th-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Ligue 1 of 8, 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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