Junior Elong

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105 Edition

The Burton Albion Sentinel

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market31 Jul 2028

Terms done: Jack Cooper-Love is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Crawley Town waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Burton Albion is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market31 Jul 2028

Sunderland come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Burton Albion did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market31 Jul 2028

Only the photograph left for Harry Anderson

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Harry Anderson will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Burton Albion the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Market31 Jul 2028

Alejandro Viniegra 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 The request is on a desk at Burton Albion, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout31 Jul 2028

Terence Vancooten frozen out at Burton Albion

This is not rotation. Terence Vancooten has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Burton Albion is pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets31 Jul 2028

Door shut on Dru Yearwood

Burton Albion asked and Milton Keynes Dons said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Boardroom31 Jul 2028

Harry Moran will join Burton Albion for nothing

The paperwork is done long before the player is. Harry Moran has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Burton Albion have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Toby Sibbick 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.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Tempers go at Burton Albion

Alex Bannon 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.

In brief

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The Aigle Royal de Moungo Herald

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad23 Aug 2027

Ticky Epoh breaks a bone — 42 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 42 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Transfer targets23 Aug 2027

Felix Koné Lottin is a medical away from Aigle Royal de Moungo

The deal with Stade Renard de Melong 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.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Olivier Kouoh Dicka 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 Aigle Royal de Moungo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Stevy Fokam Sokeng signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Stevy Fokam Sokeng commits to Aigle Royal de Moungo for another 3 years.

Transfer targets23 Aug 2027

Aigle Royal de Moungo rebuffed over Yannick M'Boné

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Cotonsport Garoua have kept their man, and Aigle Royal de Moungo go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad23 Aug 2027

Words at Aigle Royal de Moungo training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mamadou Sawané 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.

In brief

55 Edition

The Aigle Royal de Moungo Herald

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad16 Aug 2027

Ticky Epoh breaks a bone — 49 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 49 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Abdul Aziz Moubarak due for a Aigle Royal de Moungo medical

Everything agreed with Cotonsport Garoua, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Aigle Royal de Moungo rebuffed over Manuel Maurice Nkoulou

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dynamo Douala have kept their man, and Aigle Royal de Moungo go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad16 Aug 2027

A row about effort at Aigle Royal de Moungo

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

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Aigle Royal de Moungo ask about Felix Koné Lottin

A loan enquiry to Stade Renard de Melong: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout16 Aug 2027

No hiding place for Paul Ebongue Ebengue

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Paul Ebongue Ebengue, and the manager let it.

The dugout16 Aug 2027

Mamadou Sawané 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 Mamadou Sawané trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout16 Aug 2027

Jean Baptiste Onana 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 Jean Baptiste Onana is on it.

Match16 Aug 2027

Continental football is in reach for Aigle Royal de Moungo

42 points from position 4. The title is somebody else’s business and the drop is somebody else’s problem; what is left is the argument about passports.

In brief

51 Edition

The Aigle Royal de Moungo Herald

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad19 Jul 2027

79 days out for Ticky Epoh after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Aigle Royal de Moungo will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Transfer targets19 Jul 2027

Aigle Royal de Moungo bid $120.0K for Manuel Maurice Nkoulou

The offer went to Dynamo Douala this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Tempers go at Aigle Royal de Moungo

Olivier Kouoh Dicka 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.

Transfer targets19 Jul 2027

Dynamo Douala tell Aigle Royal de Moungo: Manuel Maurice Nkoulou 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.

Transfer targets19 Jul 2027

Aigle Royal de Moungo try to borrow Felix Koné Lottin

Stade Renard de Melong have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

The dugout19 Jul 2027

Jean Baptiste Onana 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 Jean Baptiste Onana is on it.

Match19 Jul 2027

Aigle Royal de Moungo have something to play for

Position 4 on 42 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.

Squad19 Jul 2027

Simon Esosa Aibangbee still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Aigle Royal de Moungo would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

The dugout19 Jul 2027

Étienne Zock 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 Aigle Royal de Moungo, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

49 Edition

The Aigle Royal de Moungo Herald

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad5 Jul 2027

A fracture rules Ticky Epoh out for 93 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Aigle Royal de Moungo will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market5 Jul 2027

Terms done: Jean Baptiste Onana is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Panthere du Nde waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Aigle Royal de Moungo is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market5 Jul 2027

Junior Elong asks to leave Aigle Royal de Moungo

“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.

Squad5 Jul 2027

Pierre Embo II honoured for the season

The kind of year that ends with a name being read out in a hall. Aigle Royal de Moungo had the benefit of it every week and now have the problem of everybody else knowing.

Transfer targets5 Jul 2027

Jordy Doumbe Youmba is a medical away from Aigle Royal de Moungo

The deal with Gazelle Garoua 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.

Transfer targets5 Jul 2027

An offer of $2.0K for David Ngondo

Aigle Royal de Moungo have gone to Panthere du Nde with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Squad5 Jul 2027

A falling-out at Aigle Royal de Moungo

Olivier Kouoh Dicka and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets5 Jul 2027

No deal for Joseph Tombi at that price

Aigle Royal de Moungo offered $11.0K; Canon Yaounde said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets5 Jul 2027

Aigle Royal de Moungo rebuffed over Joseph Tombi

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Canon Yaounde have kept their man, and Aigle Royal de Moungo go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief