Marked for Lassana Samaké
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad24 Aug 2026
Barou Sanogo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Onze Createurs this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Hadama Cissé has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Onze Createurs know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer from Stade Malien for Alkalifa Coulibaly 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Youssouf Diarra was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan enquiry to Djoliba: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Ahmadou Bello
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Onze Createurs will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Market10 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A new face in his position, and Moussa Mariko suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Onze Createurs have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.