Yusuf Umar

Central Midfielder - Katsina United
4 Nov 2027
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Marked for Yusuf Umar

61 Edition

The Katsina United Herald

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad27 Sep 2027

Joshua Enaholo damages knee ligaments — 74 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 74 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad27 Sep 2027

43 days out for Boubacar Massally after a fracture

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

The dugout27 Sep 2027

Kabir Muhammed Kabir keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Katsina United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

The dugout27 Sep 2027

No hiding place for Joshua Akpan

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

Match25 Sep 2027

Wikki Tourists take the points off Katsina United

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad27 Sep 2027

A falling-out at Katsina United

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

The dugout27 Sep 2027

Ifeanyi Ogu faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Ifeanyi Ogu after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

The dugout27 Sep 2027

No place for Moses Adikwu on the big day

He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Katsina United pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.

Squad27 Sep 2027

Young player of the week: Yusuf Abdulmumini

At 19 he was the best of everybody his age in the division for one weekend. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.

In brief

Back issues
59 Edition

The Katsina United Herald

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad13 Sep 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Joshua Enaholo

88 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Katsina United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad13 Sep 2027

57 days out for Boubacar Massally after a fracture

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

Squad13 Sep 2027

Remember the name: Yusuf Umar

He is 19, he is averaging 6.58, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Match11 Sep 2027

The wait goes on for Katsina United

4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Real improvement from Muhammad Suleiman at Katsina United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Muhammad Suleiman is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Match11 Sep 2027

Late, late show earns Katsina United a point

Minute 87, against Nasarawa United, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.

Player ratings13 Sep 2027

Chari Giwa was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 17. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Match11 Sep 2027

Muhammad Suleiman rescues a point for Katsina United

It needed Muhammad Suleiman to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Nasarawa United, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout13 Sep 2027

Sani Faisal is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

In brief