The Bandari Chronicle
Squad27 Nov 2028
William Wadri damages knee ligaments — 122 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 122 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market27 Nov 2028
David Sakwa is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Bandari is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout27 Nov 2028
Nyamawi Beja frozen out at Bandari
This is not rotation. Nyamawi Beja has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Bandari is pretending otherwise.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Amza Moubarack 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 Bandari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Words at Bandari training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bertrand Konfor Ngafei 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 dugout27 Nov 2028
Anyanechi Chimezie 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.
Boardroom27 Nov 2028
Wages swallow 106% of the Bandari income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Omar Mohamed wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Bandari know it.
The dugout27 Nov 2028
David Sakwa 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
- Market The Erickson Mulu talk will not go away
- Market Bandari put Shariff Amubwombe up for sale
- The dugout Bonface Mwangemi keeps his manager's vote