Emmanuel Bakare

Left Back - Katsina United
15 Aug 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Emmanuel Bakare

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The Katsina United Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

A brace, and Uche Collins takes the afternoon — 8.48

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Uche Collins provided it, and the 8.48 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market

John Osimhen steps up from the Katsina United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Osimhen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Katsina United promote Odion Lookman from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Odion Lookman has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Henry Iwobi steps up from the Katsina United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Henry Iwobi has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

One of our own: Ifeanyi Moffi joins the Katsina United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ifeanyi Moffi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad

Words at Katsina United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emmanuel Bakare 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.

Match

Late, late show earns Katsina United a point

Minute 87, against Barau, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.

Squad

Moses Adikwu signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Moses Adikwu and Katsina United agree another 3 years.

Player ratings

Philip Clement was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

In brief

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The Katsina United Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Michael Okoro stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Michael Okoro and Katsina United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match

Enyimba take the points off Katsina United

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

A row about effort at Katsina United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Emmanuel Bakare was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Words exchanged at Katsina United

Usman Barau 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.

The dugout

Shehu Abacha: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Player ratings

Uche Collins runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Nobody at Katsina United has picked up the phone to Emmanuel Bakare

49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Market

Philip Clement is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Katsina United has been clear about where Philip Clement stands, which is more than many ever get.

The dugout

No hiding place for Joshua Enaholo

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Joshua Enaholo, and the manager let it.

In brief