Abdramane Abba

Right Midfielder - Retired
24 Mar 2029
Saturday
Process

Marked for Abdramane Abba

44 Edition

The Galactik Sentinel

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Adam Djimet breaks a bone — 38 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 38 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Words at Galactik training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ousmane Hissein is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout

Mohamed El Ouardi has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Galactik will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

Back issues
42 Edition

The Galactik Sentinel

17 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Tempers go at Galactik

Mohamed El Ouardi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Galactik count the cost of losing Abdramane Abba

21 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Youssouf Abdraman

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

40 Edition

The Galactik Sentinel

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A falling-out at Galactik

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

Squad

Words at Galactik training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Narcisse Bechir is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Abanga Mahamat Youssouf makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

In brief

39 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A falling-out at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

Squad

Idriss Hissein 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 dugout

The manager makes an example of Abdramane Allamine

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

When it matters, Oumar Abba 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 dugout

Oumar Abba 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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

The Mahamat Mbainaissem story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Mahamat Mbainaissem signs something — a contract at Stars Jeunes Talents or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad

Djibrine Youssouf wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Stars Jeunes Talents will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

Loan watch

AS DGSSIE cannot leave Djibrine Mahamat out

12 starts and an average of 6.54. He went there to play and he is playing, which is the only thing a loan was ever for.

Loan watch

Abdramane Abba first choice at Galactik

11 starts and a season average of 6.73. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.

In brief