The USM Alger Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
USM Alger turn down USM Khenchela for Imad Eddine Azzi
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dramane Kamagaté signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dramane Kamagaté and USM Alger agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at USM Alger
Zakaria Draoui 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Achref Abada
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Achref Abada, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nobody at USM Alger has picked up the phone to Ilyes Chetti
36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Elías Hernández
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. USM Alger will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
In brief
- Market USM Alger and Islam Merili are talking past each other
- Market No place for Safi Eddine Atmania in the plan