Youssef Oubaba

Attacking Midfielder (C) - USM Alger
27 May 2032
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Marked for Youssef Oubaba

299 Edition

The USM Alger Chronicle

19 Apr 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market19 Apr 2032

Only the photograph left for Oussama Bouguerri

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Oussama Bouguerri will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around USM Alger the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Market19 Apr 2032

Chakib Aoudjane asks to leave USM Alger

“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.

Squad19 Apr 2032

Words exchanged at USM Alger

Yacouba Silué 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.

Squad19 Apr 2032

Saâdi Radouani 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 dugout19 Apr 2032

When it matters, Oussama Benbout plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout19 Apr 2032

Youssef Oubaba 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.

Market19 Apr 2032

The Yacouba Silué question follows USM Alger around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Yacouba Silué’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Market19 Apr 2032

Still no ink between USM Alger and Youssef Sabra

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at USM Alger, another week without a signature from Youssef Sabra.

The dugout19 Apr 2032

Dramane Kamagaté 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

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297 Edition

The USM Alger Chronicle

5 Apr 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market5 Apr 2032

Isiaka Soukouna 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 USM Alger, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout5 Apr 2032

Youssef Oubaba says USM Alger went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market5 Apr 2032

Only the photograph left for Yves Mbappe

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Yves Mbappe will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around USM Alger the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Boardroom5 Apr 2032

Yves Mbappe has agreed to leave USM Alger for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad5 Apr 2032

Oussama Benbout stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Oussama Benbout and USM Alger agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad5 Apr 2032

A falling-out at USM Alger

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

Squad5 Apr 2032

Saâdi Radouani 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.

Squad5 Apr 2032

Youssef Oubaba pulls a muscle — 14 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Market5 Apr 2032

Talks stall between USM Alger and Iyad Mohamed

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief