Raphaël Oyemah

Right Back - Binga
5 Aug 2028
Saturday
Process

Marked for Raphaël Oyemah

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The Binga Herald

24 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Anizar Ahamada asks to leave Binga

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market

Only the photograph left for Lucien Delaigle

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lucien Delaigle will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Binga the goodbyes have quietly begun.

The dugout

Abdelaziz Youssouf frozen out at Binga

This is not rotation. Abdelaziz Youssouf has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Binga is pretending otherwise.

Squad

Aboubacar Wagué 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 Binga this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Binga training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Madigoundo Diakité 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.

The dugout

Aboubacar Wagué gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Aboubacar Wagué is on it.

The dugout

Massiré Gassama 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 Massiré Gassama trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout

No hiding place for Raphaël Oyemah

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

Market

Madigoundo Diakité linked with a move away

The name of Madigoundo Diakité keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Binga say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

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The Binga Herald

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Abdelaziz Youssouf 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 Binga can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The season belongs to Aboubacar Wagué

An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Binga have had the benefit of it.

The dugout

Raphaël Oyemah: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Binga have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Eyes on Lucien Delaigle again

The phone has started ringing about Lucien Delaigle again, and this time the name on the line is Real Bamako. Binga are listening politely and promising nothing.

Transfer targets

Etoiles du Mande tell Binga: Méry Camara is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Words at Binga training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Madigoundo Diakité 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.

Squad

A falling-out at Binga

Mohamed Koumaré and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Madigoundo Diakité is free to find somewhere else

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

Match

Binga find a way past US Bougouba

US Bougouba made Binga work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

In brief