Alexandre Freeman

Defensive Midfielder - Bayelsa United
20 Jul 2028
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102 Edition

The Bayelsa United Courier

10 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market10 Jul 2028

Chinedu Onyinjekwu agrees terms with Kwara United

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Bayelsa United people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market10 Jul 2028

Bayelsa United say no — this time

The offer from Niger Tornadoes for Stanley Amon was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Player ratings10 Jul 2028

Chinedu Onyinjekwu was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 27. 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.

The dugout10 Jul 2028

Alexandre Freeman says Bayelsa United 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.

Squad10 Jul 2028

Words exchanged at Bayelsa United

Chinedu Onyinjekwu 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.

Transfer targets10 Jul 2028

Door shut on Salim Ali

Bayelsa United asked and Barau said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad10 Jul 2028

Michael Okoh stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Michael Okoh and Bayelsa United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Match8 Jul 2028

Kano Pillars take the points off Bayelsa United

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout10 Jul 2028

No hiding place for Okardi Inikurogha

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

In brief

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88 Edition

The Bayelsa United Courier

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout3 Apr 2028

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Squad3 Apr 2028

A falling-out at Bayelsa United

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

Match1 Apr 2028

Barau take the points off Bayelsa United

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

Squad3 Apr 2028

A row about effort at Bayelsa United

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

The dugout3 Apr 2028

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 David Okocha left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout3 Apr 2028

Alexandre Freeman 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.

Player ratings3 Apr 2028

Chinedu Onyinjekwu leaves them behind him

Shots: 12. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

The dugout3 Apr 2028

Godwin Akpobolouka 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 Bayelsa United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Looking ahead3 Apr 2028

A test against the best for Bayelsa United

The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Remo Stars.

In brief