“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Victoria United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Victoria United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Victoria United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Samuel Handy and Victoria United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Victoria United has been clear about where Alain Bikoe Mongo stands, which is more than many ever get.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Victoria United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Victoria United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Victoria United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. PWD Bamenda defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Victoria United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Victoria United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A 1-0 win over Aigle Royal de la Menoua, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Victoria United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
A 1-0 win over Aigle Royal de Moungo, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Victoria United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Every debut is a small story about the future: Franck Kunde, 17 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Victoria United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Victoria United that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jean Marie Dongou keeps the shirt for now, at Victoria United's convenience rather than his own.