The AS Bakaridjan Courier
Squad1 Feb 2027
Samba Doumbia keeps AS Bakaridjan in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad1 Feb 2027
A move Tapji Dawit would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Tapji Dawit is living that version at AS Bakaridjan, and it tends to show in the first month.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Deadline passes with 9 signed and 2 gone
That is the business done at AS Bakaridjan until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Squad1 Feb 2027
At 20, Appolinaire Bougma is already the best thing here
An average of 7.15 in a first team he is several years too young for. AS Bakaridjan have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Match30 Jan 2027
No end in sight to AS Bakaridjan's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at AS Bakaridjan has to find a result from somewhere.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
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Squad1 Feb 2027
Samba Doumbia signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Samba Doumbia commits to AS Bakaridjan for another 1 years.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
Al Ahly tell AS Bakaridjan: Hamza Alaa 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.
Match30 Jan 2027
AS Bakaridjan come up short against Djoliba
Djoliba left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Boubacar Djenepo
- Player ratings Makan Camara runs at them all day
- Market The ambition of Alessandro Pina outgrows AS Bakaridjan early