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Marked for Ahmat Oumar

69 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Saleh Youssouf

There were 10 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

The dugout

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Match

The wait goes on for Stars Jeunes Talents

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.

Squad

Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents

Ahmat Oumar 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

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adam Haroun 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Stars Jeunes Talents against Renaissance

0‑2 to Renaissance, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Mahamat Youssouf

“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.

Loan watch

Mahamat Oumar wants to come home

“I did not go to Galactik to sit and watch. I want to come back to Stars Jeunes Talents and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.

The dugout

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 0‑2 Abdramane Adoum left the room before anybody could ask which.

In brief

Back issues
68 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Only the photograph left for Djibrine Tokindang

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Djibrine Tokindang will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Stars Jeunes Talents the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Words exchanged at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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.

Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adam Haroun 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 ratings

Marius Souleymane beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

No hiding place for Ahmat Oumar

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

The dugout

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Match

Stars Jeunes Talents rescue it on 92 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 92. AS DGSSIE had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

Squad

Djibrine Doungous out for 41 days

The medical room confirms 41 days on the sidelines for Djibrine Doungous, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match

Honours even between Stars Jeunes Talents and AS DGSSIE

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

In brief

62 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Saleh Youssouf

There were 11 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Mahamat Youssouf asks to leave Stars Jeunes Talents

“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.

Squad

Ahmat Oumar 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 Stars Jeunes Talents this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Stars Jeunes Talents

2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Match

Stars Jeunes Talents come up short against Elect Sport

Elect Sport left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adam Haroun 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.

Market

Stars Jeunes Talents promote Abdoulaye Mahamat from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdoulaye Mahamat has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Stars Jeunes Talents promote Ezechiel Souleymane from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ezechiel Souleymane has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

The dugout

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In brief

61 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

At 15, Brahim Abba is already the best thing here

An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. Stars Jeunes Talents have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

The dugout

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Market

Ezechiel Hissein puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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

A late step up for Djibrine Doungous

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.

Squad

Stars Jeunes Talents are still strangers to each other

8 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

In brief

60 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Moussa Allamine puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Djibrine Tokindang has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Stars Jeunes Talents they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

The step up is real for Marius Bechir

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad

Saleh Moustapha has improved at 25, 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. 5 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Squad

Words exchanged at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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.

Squad

A row about effort at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

In brief

57 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Ahmat Oumar 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 Stars Jeunes Talents can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Remember the name: Brahim Abba

He is 15, he is averaging 7.00, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

The dugout

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Squad

Real improvement from Adam Ndoram at Stars Jeunes Talents

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Adam Ndoram is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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

A late step up for Adam Haroun

At 28 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.

Transfer targets

Stars Jeunes Talents rebuffed over Narcisse Doungous

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AS Etat Major have kept their man, and Stars Jeunes Talents go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Loan watch

Mahamat Oumar wants to come home

“I did not go to Galactik to sit and watch. I want to come back to Stars Jeunes Talents and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

The dugout

Saleh Youssouf 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

55 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Marius Souleymane 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 Stars Jeunes Talents can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Real improvement from Marius Souleymane at Stars Jeunes Talents

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Marius Souleymane is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Transfer targets

An offer of $200.00 for Ahmat Bechir

Stars Jeunes Talents have gone to US Moursal with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Squad

Words exchanged at Stars Jeunes Talents

Adam Haroun 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.

Squad

A late step up for Saleh Youssouf

At 24 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.

The dugout

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Squad

Stars Jeunes Talents are still strangers to each other

8 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

Loan watch

Moussa Doungous wants to come home

“I did not go to Gazelle to sit and watch. I want to come back to Stars Jeunes Talents and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.

Market

The Ahmat Oumar story refuses to die

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

In brief

54 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Djibrine Adoum 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 Stars Jeunes Talents can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The step up is real for Djibrine Adoum

At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Transfer targets

Narcisse Doungous turns down Stars Jeunes Talents

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: AS Etat Major keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad

Remember the name: Marius Souleymane

He is 21, he is averaging 7.14, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Squad

Saleh Youssouf 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 Stars Jeunes Talents this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Noël Allaramadji

Stars Jeunes Talents asked and AS PSI said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Adam Haroun 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

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The dugout

Ahmat Oumar 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.

In brief

53 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Ahmat Oumar asks to leave Stars Jeunes Talents

“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.

Squad

Brahim Abba is the real thing at 15

A season average of 7.00 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Stars Jeunes Talents know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

The dugout

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Squad

Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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.

Market

Stars Jeunes Talents sell Ezechiel Oumar for $11.0K

Ezechiel Oumar has left for Galactik in a $11.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adam Haroun 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

Stars Jeunes Talents count the cost of losing Mahamat Oumar

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

The dugout

Ahmat Oumar 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.

Market

Adam Haroun linked with a move away

The name of Adam Haroun keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Stars Jeunes Talents say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

51 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Moussa Allamine

26 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Stars Jeunes Talents lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Ahmat Oumar turns Renaissance down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market

Marius Souleymane asks to leave Stars Jeunes Talents

“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.

Market

Only the photograph left for Ezechiel Oumar

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ezechiel Oumar will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Stars Jeunes Talents the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

A falling-out at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

The dugout

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Transfer targets

Door shut on Goukouni Abakar

Stars Jeunes Talents asked and Elect Sport said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

Abdoulaye Mbainaissem moves on

Galactik pay $10.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adam Haroun 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.

In brief

50 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Moussa Allamine damages knee ligaments — 33 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 33 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.

Market

Stars Jeunes Talents turn down Gazelle for Marius Souleymane

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Mahamat Youssouf 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 Stars Jeunes Talents can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

At 21, Marius Souleymane is already the best thing here

An average of 7.14 in a first team he is several years too young for. Stars Jeunes Talents have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Saleh Youssouf 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 Stars Jeunes Talents this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

The Ahmat Oumar conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Renaissance will make the call about Ahmat Oumar this week. Stars Jeunes Talents have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

The dugout

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Transfer targets

AS PSI tell Stars Jeunes Talents: Noël Allaramadji is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

Oumar Doungous moves on

Renaissance pay $21.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

In brief

49 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

5 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

The knee: Moussa Allamine out for 40 days

40 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Stars Jeunes Talents lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market

Ahmat Oumar puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

At 15, Brahim Abba is already the best thing here

An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. Stars Jeunes Talents have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Market

Stars Jeunes Talents turn down Foullah Edifice for Saleh Moustapha

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

The dugout

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Market

Adam Oumar is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Stars Jeunes Talents is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Narcisse Doungous

Stars Jeunes Talents asked and AS Etat Major said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

Saleh Youssouf is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Stars Jeunes Talents has been clear about where Saleh Youssouf stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

48 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Not going: Oumar Doungous stays at Stars Jeunes Talents

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Renaissance had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Market

Saleh Moustapha 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 Stars Jeunes Talents can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Terms done: Moussa Doungous is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Gazelle waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Stars Jeunes Talents is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market

Only the photograph left for Mahamat Oumar

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Mahamat Oumar will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Stars Jeunes Talents the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Words exchanged at Stars Jeunes Talents

Ahmat Oumar 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.

Squad

Adam Haroun 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

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Loan watch

Ali Mbainaissem has seen enough of Aiglons

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and 13 appearances in 43 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout

A promise honoured for Saleh Moustapha

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Stars Jeunes Talents told Saleh Moustapha something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

In brief

47 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Marius Souleymane asks to leave Stars Jeunes Talents

“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.

Market

Ezechiel Oumar agrees terms with AS Algoy

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

Market

Oumar Doungous attracts admirers

The name of Oumar Doungous has come up in conversations Stars Jeunes Talents were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Transfer targets

Narcisse Doungous due for a Stars Jeunes Talents medical

Everything agreed with AS Etat Major, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Market

Stars Jeunes Talents say no — this time

The offer from Gazelle for Moussa Doungous 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.

The dugout

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Transfer targets

Stars Jeunes Talents rebuffed over Issa Haroun

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AS Algoy have kept their man, and Stars Jeunes Talents go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

A row about effort at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

Loan watch

The goals keep arriving from Mahamat Youssouf’s exile

12 goals in 24 games at AS PSI — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Stars Jeunes Talents updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

In brief

46 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Saleh Mbaiguedem has said yes to AS Algoy

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Stars Jeunes Talents have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad

Saleh Souleymane breaks a bone — 15 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 15 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Djibrine Adoum puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Gazelle come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Stars Jeunes Talents did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

At 21, Marius Souleymane is already the best thing here

An average of 7.14 in a first team he is several years too young for. Stars Jeunes Talents have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

A falling-out at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

The dugout

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Market

Stars Jeunes Talents sell Ahmat Youssouf for $17.0K

Ahmat Youssouf has left for AS PSI in a $17.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abdoulaye 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.

In brief

  • Transfer targets A loan move for Issa Haroun is in the works
  • The dugout Ahmat Oumar knocks on the manager's door
  • The dugout Ali Oumar gets it from the manager
43 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

24 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

The knee: Ahmat Youssouf out for 54 days

54 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Stars Jeunes Talents lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout

Oumar Doungous keeps the receipts

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

Market

Brahim Mahamat puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Mahamat Oumar has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Stars Jeunes Talents they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

A falling-out at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

The dugout

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Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ahmat Oumar 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 watch

Mahamat Youssouf keeps scoring at AS PSI

24 appearances away from home and 12 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

The dugout

Saleh Youssouf 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

40 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Ahmat Youssouf

75 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Stars Jeunes Talents lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Saleh Youssouf puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout

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Market

Only the photograph left for Ali Moustapha

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ali Moustapha will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Stars Jeunes Talents the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Words exchanged at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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.

Squad

Abdoulaye 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 dugout

Ahmat Oumar 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.

Loan watch

The goals keep arriving from Youssouf Ndoram’s exile

7 goals in 21 games at AS DGSSIE — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Stars Jeunes Talents updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

The dugout

Brahim Hissein has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Stars Jeunes Talents 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

39 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Ahmat Youssouf damages knee ligaments — 82 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 82 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.

Market

Adam Oumar puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Mahamat Oumar has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Stars Jeunes Talents they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

A falling-out at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

Squad

A row about effort at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

Squad

Stars Jeunes Talents count the cost of losing Issa Abba

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

Loan watch

12 goals on loan for Mahamat Youssouf

24 appearances at AS PSI and the goals keep coming. Stars Jeunes Talents are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

The dugout

Ahmat Oumar 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.

Market

The Adam Haroun question follows Stars Jeunes Talents around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Adam Haroun’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

37 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The knee: Ahmat Youssouf out for 96 days

96 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Stars Jeunes Talents lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad

Remember the name: Brahim Abba

He is 14, he is averaging 7.00, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

Market

Ahmat Youssouf asks to leave Stars Jeunes Talents

“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.

Market

Only the photograph left for Ali Oumar

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ali Oumar will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Stars Jeunes Talents the goodbyes have quietly begun.

The dugout

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Squad

Words exchanged at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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.

Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ahmat Oumar 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

Saleh Youssouf knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Saleh Youssouf trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout

No hiding place for Ali Oumar

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

In brief

35 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

29 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Ahmat Youssouf damages knee ligaments — 110 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 110 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.

Squad

Saleh Youssouf keeps Stars Jeunes Talents in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Adam Oumar puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Mahamat Oumar has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Stars Jeunes Talents they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Saleh Youssouf 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 Stars Jeunes Talents this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Adam Haroun

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Foullah Edifice take the points off Stars Jeunes Talents

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

Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ahmat Oumar 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 watch

The goals keep arriving from Mahamat Youssouf’s exile

12 goals in 24 games at AS PSI — numbers that travel home faster than he does. Somebody at Stars Jeunes Talents updates a spreadsheet every Monday, and it makes better reading each week.

In brief

  • Loan watch Saleh Adoum wants to come home
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout Mahamat Oumar gets it from the manager
32 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Saleh Youssouf asks to leave Stars Jeunes Talents

“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.

The dugout

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Market

Ali Moustapha is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Stars Jeunes Talents is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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.

Player ratings

Hassan Bechir beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ahmat Oumar 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 watch

Ahmat Abakar counts the days

“I watch every Stars Jeunes Talents 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.

The dugout

Oumar Doungous 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.

Squad

A place in the month's best eleven for Marius Souleymane

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Marius Souleymane has come out of that comparison in the side, and Stars Jeunes Talents have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

In brief

31 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Stars Jeunes Talents sink to position 11

17 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Abdoulaye Mbainaissem puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Only the photograph left for Mahamat Oumar

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Mahamat Oumar will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Stars Jeunes Talents the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Saleh Youssouf 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 Stars Jeunes Talents this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ahmat Oumar 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 watch

Saleh Adoum has seen enough of AS DGSSIE

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and 0 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.

Looking ahead

A six-pointer for Stars Jeunes Talents

AS Algoy next, and both sides can do the sum. Win and the table looks different; lose and it looks the way everybody has been fearing.

Loan watch

Mahamat Youssouf keeps scoring at AS PSI

21 appearances away from home and 10 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.

The dugout

No hiding place for Abdoulaye Mbainaissem

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

In brief

30 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

22 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Saleh Youssouf stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market

Djibrine Adoum asks to leave Stars Jeunes Talents

“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.

Market

Moussa Doungous is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Stars Jeunes Talents is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

At 21, Marius Souleymane is already the best thing here

An average of 7.08 in a first team he is several years too young for. Stars Jeunes Talents have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

A falling-out at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

The dugout

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Squad

Adam Haroun 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.

Match

Renaissance take the points off Stars Jeunes Talents

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

The dugout

No hiding place for Ahmat Oumar

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

In brief

26 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Saleh Youssouf keeps Stars Jeunes Talents in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 10 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

Stars Jeunes Talents bow out of the cup

Gazelle go through and Stars Jeunes Talents 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.

Market

Marius Souleymane asks to leave Stars Jeunes Talents

“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.

Market

Terms done: Ali Moustapha is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and AS Algoy waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Stars Jeunes Talents is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market

Stars Jeunes Talents turn down AS Etat Major for Ali Oumar

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

A falling-out at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

Market

Abdoulaye Mbainaissem attracts admirers

The name of Abdoulaye Mbainaissem has come up in conversations Stars Jeunes Talents were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Adam Haroun signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Adam Haroun commits to Stars Jeunes Talents for another 3 years.

Transfer targets

AS PSI tell Stars Jeunes Talents: Saleh Moustapha is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief

24 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Issa Allamine agrees terms with Renaissance

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

Squad

Saleh Youssouf stands alone

9 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market

Saleh Youssouf 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 Stars Jeunes Talents can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Renaissance come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Stars Jeunes Talents did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

The dugout

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Market

Eyes on Hassan Mbaiguedem again

The phone has started ringing about Hassan Mbaiguedem again, and this time the name on the line is Galactik. Stars Jeunes Talents are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents

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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Stars Jeunes Talents against Gazelle

1‑3 to Gazelle, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Hassan Mbaiguedem 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.

In brief

  • The dugout Ahmat Oumar gets it from the manager
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Player ratings Wrong net for Mahamat Oumar
23 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Chastening afternoon for Stars Jeunes Talents

A 0‑4 beating by Elect Sport was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Match

Every point is an argument now for Stars Jeunes Talents

Position 12 and 10 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market

Hassan Mbaiguedem 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 Stars Jeunes Talents can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Foullah Edifice come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Stars Jeunes Talents did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Saleh Youssouf 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 Stars Jeunes Talents this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

AS Etat Major join the queue for Ali Oumar

Add another name to the list: AS Etat Major have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Ali Oumar. The answer from Stars Jeunes Talents has not changed — yet.

Squad

A row about effort at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

Loan watch

Ahmat Abakar wants to come home

“I did not go to Gazelle to sit and watch. I want to come back to Stars Jeunes Talents and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.

Market

Marius Souleymane told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Marius Souleymane has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Stars Jeunes Talents.

In brief

20 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Oumar Doungous puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Narcisse Oumar has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Stars Jeunes Talents they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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

Ahmat Oumar 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.

Market

Ahmat Tokindang steps up from the Stars Jeunes Talents academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ahmat Tokindang has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Stars Jeunes Talents promote Idriss Ndoram from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Idriss Ndoram has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Match

A bad afternoon for Stars Jeunes Talents against AS Etat Major

0‑1 to AS Etat Major, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Djibrine Adoum signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Djibrine Adoum commits to Stars Jeunes Talents for another 4 years.

Player ratings

Adam Haroun runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

18 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Issa Allamine puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

A falling-out at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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 Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hassan Mbaiguedem 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

Idriss Tokindang stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Idriss Tokindang and Stars Jeunes Talents agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Loan watch

Saleh Adoum counts the days

“I watch every Stars Jeunes Talents game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at AS DGSSIE runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

The dugout

Ahmat Oumar 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.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Idriss Tokindang

“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, Hassan Bechir 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.

Market

The Saleh Youssouf story refuses to die

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

In brief

17 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Every point is an argument now for Stars Jeunes Talents

Position 11 and 4 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market

Ahmat Youssouf asks to leave Stars Jeunes Talents

“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.

Squad

Words exchanged at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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.

Match

Stars Jeunes Talents come up short against Renaissance

Renaissance left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ahmat Oumar 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

No hiding place for Oumar Doungous

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

Loan watch

Ezechiel Ngaradoumbe has seen enough of AS DGSSIE

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and 0 appearances in 14 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout

Abdramane Adoum answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout

Idriss Bechir dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief

16 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Saleh Youssouf 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 Stars Jeunes Talents can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Narcisse Oumar has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Stars Jeunes Talents they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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.

Player ratings

Adam Haroun runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

A bad afternoon for Stars Jeunes Talents against AS DGSSIE

1‑2 to AS DGSSIE, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ahmat Oumar 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

No hiding place for Narcisse Abakar

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

Loan watch

Djibrine Doungous counts the days

“I watch every Stars Jeunes Talents game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Renaissance runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

The dugout

Abdramane Adoum answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑2, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

In brief

14 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Issa Allamine puts it in writing

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Marius Souleymane at 21 — 8.16

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Marius Souleymane did not need any: 8.16, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad

Saleh Youssouf keeps Stars Jeunes Talents in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

A falling-out at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Youssouf 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 Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ahmat Oumar 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 watch

Saleh Adoum has seen enough of AS DGSSIE

“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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and 0 appearances in 12 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Saleh Moustapha

“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.

Squad

Saleh Mbaiguedem signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Saleh Mbaiguedem and Stars Jeunes Talents agree another 3 years.

Match

Two points walk out of the ground

Level with 91 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Stars Jeunes Talents had all but put away. Galactik will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.

In brief