Douglas Iyowuna

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Rivers United
23 Aug 2026
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Marked for Douglas Iyowuna

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The Rivers United Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match8 Aug 2026

No mercy from Rivers United

Kun Khalifat will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Rivers United were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A day Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

No sign of nerves from Abdulrasheed Shehu at 20 — 8.10

The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Abdulrasheed Shehu did not need any: 8.10, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Market10 Aug 2026

Zalli Abdullahi 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 The request is on a desk at Rivers United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market10 Aug 2026

Rivers United say no — this time

The offer from Berekum Chelsea for Douglas Iyowuna was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Uche Moses is a medical away from Rivers United

The deal with Barau is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Market10 Aug 2026

As if he never left: Osagie Onisodumeya returns

Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Osagie Onisodumeya is a Rivers United player again, and the town has its story of the summer.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Rivers United

Aniekeme Okon 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.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Ninety minutes of Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari at his very best

Marked 9.85. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Rivers United.

In brief

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The Rivers United Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market3 Aug 2026

Rivers United say no — this time

The offer from Medeama for Abdulrasheed Shehu was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Aniekeme Okon signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Aniekeme Okon commits to Rivers United for another 4 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Aniekeme Okon 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 Rivers United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Koper tell Rivers United: Brown Irabor 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.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Abdulrasheed Shehu runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market3 Aug 2026

Berekum Chelsea watching Douglas Iyowuna

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Rivers United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

A masterclass from Seyi Oguntayo

Marked 8.30 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Market3 Aug 2026

49 months and counting on Aniekeme Okon

Still no offer on the table, and Aniekeme Okon’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Rivers United are still strangers to each other

6 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

In brief