Marked for Raneshwar Goundar
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market8 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Suva can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Zaid Karouch falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Raneshwar Goundar commits to Suva for another 3 years.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
Suva say no — this time
The offer from Tailevu Naitasiri for Peniasi Rotidara 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Suva
Zaid Karouch 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Suva training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kavaia Rawaqa is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market17 Aug 2026
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Neerav Goundar has his answer from Suva; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Market17 Aug 2026
The shop window has Revans Reddy in it
Suva have let the market know Revans Reddy can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market17 Aug 2026
The clock does Merrill Nand’s negotiating for him
5 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Suva could ask drops and the wages Merrill Nand can ask rise.