The Renaissance Chronicle
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Brahim Mbainaissem
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Renaissance have done the hard part with AS Algoy, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Renaissance
Ahmat Adoum and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Renaissance ask about Oumar Souleymane
A loan enquiry to Foullah Edifice: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Zakaria Ajoughlal still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Renaissance would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Yaya Kerim called up by his country
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Renaissance that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Market31 Aug 2026
Mahamat Mahamat arrives on loan
Renaissance have taken Mahamat Mahamat on loan from AS Etat Major — cover where cover was needed.
In brief
- Squad Oumar Youssouf has company in his position
- Market The Mathieu Adoassou talk will not go away