The Bendel Insurance Post
Squad11 Dec 2028
The knee: Chidi Akuneto out for 21 days
21 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Bendel Insurance lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Words exchanged at Bendel Insurance
Emmanuel Nwokeji 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.
Squad11 Dec 2028
Chinedu Nwosu 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 dugout11 Dec 2028
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The dugout11 Dec 2028
No hiding place for Emmanuel Akpan
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Emmanuel Akpan, and the manager let it.
The dugout11 Dec 2028
Julius Emiloju Junior 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
- The dugout Victor Ikechukwu gets picked when it counts
- Market Still no ink between Bendel Insurance and Victor Ikechukwu
- Market Bendel Insurance put Emmanuel Charles up for sale
- Squad Questions about Umar Ismail on the training pitch