Ismaïl Bamba

Central Defender - Lugano
10 Mar 2031
Monday
Process
229 Edition

The Lugano Chronicle

16 Dec 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Diego Mina signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Diego Mina commits to Lugano for another 3 years.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jordi Vanlerberghe

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Ismaïl Bamba asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
185 Edition

The Lugano Chronicle

11 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Clément Lhernault: 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.” Lugano have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Oier Luengo gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Kevin Behrens knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Lugano, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

163 Edition

The Lugano Chronicle

10 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Basil Tuma is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Lugano is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Renato Steffen

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Young Boys take the points off Lugano

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

Squad

Renato Steffen has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Renato Steffen keeps the shirt for now, at Lugano's convenience rather than his own.

Squad

Thomas Delaine asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Ismaïl Bamba placed on the list

Lugano have made Ismaïl Bamba available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief