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21 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Marius Allamine scores twice — 8.99

Two goals and a mark of 8.99 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings

Both of them Issa Adoum's — 8.50

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.50, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market

a squad player 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

Saleh Abakar 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.

Match

6 goals as Stars Jeunes Talents and Aiglons go for it

Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Stars Jeunes Talents and Aiglons, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.

Match

Stars Jeunes Talents find a way past Aiglons

Aiglons made Stars Jeunes Talents work for it, but the scoreboard read 4‑2 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Ali Abba 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 terraces

The crowd has taken to Issa Adoum

At 20 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Issa Mahamat

Marked 8.45 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

In brief

Back issues
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The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Idriss Djimet damages knee ligaments — 20 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 20 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.

Player ratings

Issa Mahamat beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad

Real improvement from Hassan Abakar at Stars Jeunes Talents

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Hassan Abakar is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Market

Youssouf Bechir 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

Late improvement for Issa Youssouf

At 26 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

Match

Gazelle 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

A falling-out at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

Loan watch

Narcisse Adoum 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 2 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout

Marius Souleymane faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Marius Souleymane after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief

4 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ali 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.

Market

Ali Abba attracts admirers

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

Squad

A row about effort at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

Squad

Words exchanged at Stars Jeunes Talents

Saleh Ngaradoumbe and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Stars Jeunes Talents try to borrow Issa Youssouf

AS Etat Major have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Squad

Abdramane Moustapha stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Abdramane Moustapha and Stars Jeunes Talents agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

a squad player 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

Still no ink between Stars Jeunes Talents and Saleh Abakar

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Stars Jeunes Talents, another week without a signature from Saleh Abakar.

Market

Still no signature from Pierre Mabouka

7 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Stars Jeunes Talents could get for him.

In brief

3 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Terms done: Saleh Abakar 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

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

Squad

Adam Ngaradoumbe 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.

Squad

Abdramane Oumar stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Abdramane Oumar and Stars Jeunes Talents agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

The Ali Hissein conversation is coming

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

In brief

1 Edition

The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ali Mahamat 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

Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents

Issa 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

Abdoulaye Haroun stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Abdoulaye Haroun and Stars Jeunes Talents agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Eyes on Narcisse Adoum again

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

Squad

A row about effort at Stars Jeunes Talents

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

Transfer targets

A loan move for Issa Youssouf is in the works

Stars Jeunes Talents have made the call to AS Etat Major. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets

Stars Jeunes Talents ask about Marius Souleymane

A loan enquiry to AS Etat Major: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Market

Still no ink between Stars Jeunes Talents and Pierre Mabouka

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Stars Jeunes Talents, another week without a signature from Pierre Mabouka.

The dugout

Issa Mahamat 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