Marked for Mahamat Djimet
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match6 Mar 2027
1‑5 to AS Etat Major, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Market8 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market8 Mar 2027
Hassan Abba has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around US Moursal they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match6 Mar 2027
6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about US Moursal and AS Etat Major in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Issa Hissein and US Moursal agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words at US Moursal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Loan watch8 Mar 2027
“I did not go to Foullah Edifice to sit and watch. I want to come back to US Moursal and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 30 matches say the rest.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Hassan Adoum 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ali Ndoram, and the manager let it.
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Steady
Market22 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market22 Feb 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at US Moursal is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad22 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at US Moursal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at US Moursal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Loan watch22 Feb 2027
“I watch every US Moursal game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at CotonTchad runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“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.
Market22 Feb 2027
US Moursal have let the market know Saleh Mbainaissem can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Loan watch22 Feb 2027
17 starts now, an average of 6.79, and the team sheet at AS Algoy has stopped being a question. Exactly what everybody signed up for.
Loan watch22 Feb 2027
17 starts now, an average of 6.70, and the team sheet at Aiglons has stopped being a question. Exactly what everybody signed up for.
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Steady
Market15 Feb 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at US Moursal, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market15 Feb 2027
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ahmat Tokindang will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around US Moursal the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Mahamat Djimet 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Match13 Feb 2027
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Loan watch15 Feb 2027
“I did not go to Galactik to sit and watch. I want to come back to US Moursal and fight for my place.” 8 appearances in 26 matches say the rest.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Idriss Mahamat, and the manager let it.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at US Moursal, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Match6 Feb 2027
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
A brace, and Saleh Mbainaissem takes the afternoon — 8.32
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Saleh Mbainaissem provided it, and the 8.32 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market8 Feb 2027
Issa Allamine hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what US Moursal can pretend not to have heard.
Market8 Feb 2027
Only the photograph left for Hassan Abba
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Hassan Abba will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around US Moursal the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
A goal and an assist for Mahamat Djimet — 7.98
Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.98 beside his name.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at US Moursal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
“I did not go to Foullah Edifice to sit and watch. I want to come back to US Moursal and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 26 matches say the rest.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Issa Allamine 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A place in the month's best eleven for Djibrine Moustapha
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Djibrine Moustapha has come out of that comparison in the side, and US Moursal have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
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Steady
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Feb 2027
The offer from Stars Jeunes Talents for Ahmat Tokindang 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Hassan Adoum
“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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at US Moursal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Mahamat Djimet 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 US Moursal, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match30 Jan 2027
Point won or two lost for US Moursal?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against AS PSI? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Market1 Feb 2027
The name of Saleh Mbainaissem keeps appearing in other people's back pages. US Moursal say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market25 Jan 2027
The offer from Aiglons for Youssouf Ngaradoumbe 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 ratings25 Jan 2027
Mahamat Djimet, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 7.94
A mark of 7.94 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market25 Jan 2027
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around US Moursal they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Words at US Moursal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match23 Jan 2027
Three points for US Moursal, 1‑0 the final word against Galactik in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market25 Jan 2027
A conversation is coming this week. US Moursal will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Saleh Souleymane 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.
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Uneasy
Market18 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what US Moursal can pretend not to have heard.
Match16 Jan 2027
There were 88 minutes on the clock and Stars Jeunes Talents had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and US Moursal did not stop to explain themselves.
Market18 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market18 Jan 2027
Add another name to the list: Aiglons have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Youssouf Ngaradoumbe. The answer from US Moursal has not changed — yet.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market18 Jan 2027
Ezechiel Abakar has left for AS PSI in a $31.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Saleh Mbainaissem 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 terraces18 Jan 2027
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Hassan Adoum in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at US Moursal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Steady
Market21 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Loan watch21 Dec 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at US Moursal, and 6 appearances in 18 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad21 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at US Moursal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
6.99, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. US Moursal had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Squad21 Dec 2026
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
Match19 Dec 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Foullah Edifice will be the happier side with the point.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at US Moursal, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market14 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match12 Dec 2026
Ezechiel Abakar scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Aiglons, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at US Moursal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“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 ratings14 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Loan watch14 Dec 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at US Moursal, and 0 appearances in 18 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad14 Dec 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. US Moursal have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad14 Dec 2026
One weekend, judged against everybody else's. Mahamat Djimet has come out on top of it, and for most footballers a weekly award is the only silverware a career ever produces.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
He was not in the side at half past three and he had settled it before five. Half an hour, and US Moursal had a different afternoon.
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Upbeat
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.40 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market7 Dec 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at US Moursal, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match5 Dec 2026
A 2‑1 win over AS Etat Major, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Saleh Mbainaissem 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 terraces7 Dec 2026
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Loan watch7 Dec 2026
“I watch every US Moursal game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Gazelle runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for Mahamat Djimet
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Mahamat Djimet has come out of that comparison in the side, and US Moursal have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
Squad7 Dec 2026
At 20 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.
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Steady
Market23 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at US Moursal, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at US Moursal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at US Moursal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abdramane Djimet 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.
Loan watch23 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Galactik to sit and watch. I want to come back to US Moursal and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 14 matches say the rest.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A US Moursal teenager takes the young player award
Narcisse Ngaradoumbe is 15, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.
Market23 Nov 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Mahamat Djimet signs something — a contract at US Moursal or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Steady
Match4 Nov 2026
Elect Sport go through and US Moursal go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Match7 Nov 2026
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market9 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what US Moursal can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.57, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
The hardest thing about being 16 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Mahamat Mbaiguedem did not need any: 7.85, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad9 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at US Moursal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Saleh Mbainaissem 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 terraces9 Nov 2026
At 18 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
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Steady
Market26 Oct 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at US Moursal, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Loan watch26 Oct 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at US Moursal, and 0 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
Match24 Oct 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Galactik leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A US Moursal teenager takes the young player award
Brahim Ndoram is 18, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.
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Steady
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match17 Oct 2026
Brahim Ndoram wins it after the whistle should have gone
92 minutes played. Brahim Ndoram found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Stars Jeunes Talents went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Market19 Oct 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Hassan Abba is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Ali Ndoram has improved at 29, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at US Moursal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saleh Mbainaissem 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 terraces19 Oct 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Mahamat Djimet has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Abdramane Djimet, and the manager let it.
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Crisis
Market12 Oct 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at US Moursal, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
No sign of nerves from Adam Djimet at 15 — 7.60
The hardest thing about being 15 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Adam Djimet did not need any: 7.60, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Match10 Oct 2026
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad12 Oct 2026
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Ali Ndoram 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at US Moursal, and 2 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
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Steady
Market28 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Mahamat Djimet is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad28 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at US Moursal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Sep 2026
At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Loan watch28 Sep 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at US Moursal, and 0 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
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Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market31 Aug 2026
The offer from Foullah Edifice for Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
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Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer from AS Police for Idriss Hissein 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at US Moursal, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. US Moursal have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at US Moursal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Adam Bechir commits to US Moursal for another 3 years.
Market24 Aug 2026
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. US Moursal will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
Renaissance come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and US Moursal did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market17 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at US Moursal, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Hassan Adoum in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at US Moursal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
The name of Adam Abakar has come up in conversations US Moursal were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Moussa Bechir and US Moursal agree another 3 years.
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Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market3 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at US Moursal this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at US Moursal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Saleh Mbainaissem 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Ezechiel Mahamat again, and this time the name on the line is AS PSI. US Moursal are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Issa Allamine commits to US Moursal for another 1 years.