5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at El-Kanemi Warriors has to find a result from somewhere.
The deal that would have taken Sule John to Remo Stars has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to El-Kanemi Warriors with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 37 with 2 appearances behind him, and El-Kanemi Warriors have to plan for both answers.
El-Kanemi Warriors spent the window trying to move Joseph Timi on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at El-Kanemi Warriors is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at El-Kanemi Warriors, and both men came out saying it was fine.