The US Bougouni Herald
Market20 Sep 2027
Moussa Diallo hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what US Bougouni can pretend not to have heard.
Market20 Sep 2027
Sardorbek Salimov is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at US Bougouni is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Waly Diabaté 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 US Bougouni this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Manqoba Mlele knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Manqoba Mlele trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market20 Sep 2027
The shop window has Abdulaziz Dalhatu in it
US Bougouni have let the market know Abdulaziz Dalhatu can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market20 Sep 2027
The clock does Franck Nanfack Ngoufack’s negotiating for him
7 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee US Bougouni could ask drops and the wages Franck Nanfack Ngoufack can ask rise.
In brief
- Squad Samuel Chijioke is not doing himself any favours
- Squad Ori Levi is out on the grass again