Isaac Puma

Defensive Midfielder - AS Korofina
18 Jul 2028
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Marked for Isaac Puma

95 Edition

The AS Korofina Sentinel

22 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market22 May 2028

Florent Guilavogui puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AS Korofina, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad22 May 2028

Tempers go at AS Korofina

Souleymane Tambadou was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad22 May 2028

A row about effort at AS Korofina

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

The dugout22 May 2028

Bruno Almeida 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 Bruno Almeida is on it.

The dugout22 May 2028

Isaac Puma 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.

Market22 May 2028

Dramane Traoré linked with a move away

The name of Dramane Traoré keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AS Korofina say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout22 May 2028

Ilan Curis 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.

Squad22 May 2028

“I want to play”: Isaac Puma speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

Squad22 May 2028

Siaka Keïta has settled at AS Korofina

The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.

In brief

Back issues
87 Edition

The AS Korofina Sentinel

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market27 Mar 2028

Sory Ouattara puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AS Korofina, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Charles Likpa 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 AS Korofina this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad27 Mar 2028

A row about effort at AS Korofina

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

The dugout27 Mar 2028

George Alalabang 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.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

Gibril Asrih has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at AS Korofina will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Looking ahead27 Mar 2028

A reunion for Zoumana Simpara

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Djoliba in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Market27 Mar 2028

Ousmane Thiero linked with a move away

The name of Ousmane Thiero keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AS Korofina say nothing, which says plenty.

Match27 Mar 2028

AS Korofina have something to play for

Position 6 on 29 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

Ilyes Lebon 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 Ilyes Lebon trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

54 Edition

The AS Korofina Sentinel

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market9 Aug 2027

Sory Ouattara asks to leave AS Korofina

“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.

Market9 Aug 2027

AS Korofina turn down Onze Createurs for Samuel Prince Eda

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Words exchanged at AS Korofina

Ferdinand Kanga 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.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Isaac Puma gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Isaac Puma has just signed for AS Korofina, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad9 Aug 2027

George Alalabang signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” George Alalabang commits to AS Korofina for another 4 years.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2027

Djoliba tell AS Korofina: Boulkassoum Diarra 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.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Sory Ouattara falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

The manager makes an example of Gibril Asrih

“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.

Market9 Aug 2027

A long bet from AS Korofina on Isaac Puma

He is 18, and nobody at AS Korofina signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

In brief