“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Labasa can pretend not to have heard.
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Rishal Shankar will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Suva the goodbyes have quietly begun.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Labasa, and it is not being withdrawn.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Tailevu Naitasiri can pretend not to have heard.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Lautoka they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Nadroga has been clear about where Abdul Farid stands, which is more than many ever get.
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Navua waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Ba is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Lautoka can pretend not to have heard.
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Lautoka people have started saying his name in the past tense.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nadroga can pretend not to have heard.
The offer from Nadroga for Ashnil Raju was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Rewa has been clear about where Samuela Nabenia stands, which is more than many ever get.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Rewa know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.