Marked for Issa Djimet
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad22 Mar 2027
There were 7 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.
Market22 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.
Squad22 Mar 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 Galactik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match20 Mar 2027
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Saleh Oumar. 3‑2 against AS Etat Major, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words at Galactik training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Benjamin Ngakoutou 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.
Match20 Mar 2027
No clean sheets in sight for Galactik
4 games now with at least two against. The back line has been rearranged, the goalkeeper has been backed publicly, and the goals keep going in anyway.
The terraces22 Mar 2027
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Youssouf Abdraman 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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brahim Adoum, and the manager let it.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Marked 8.16. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Galactik.
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Uneasy
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 41. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Mohammed Shaheer damages knee ligaments — 43 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 43 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.
Match20 Jan 2027
The cup run ends for Galactik
3‑4 against Gazelle, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Match23 Jan 2027
Ousmane Biani had done his part in building a 2-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and US Moursal were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.
Match25 Jan 2027
Galactik sink to position 11
10 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Player ratings25 Jan 2027
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.54, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Match23 Jan 2027
7 matches without a win for Galactik
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Galactik are no longer polite ones.
Market25 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 Galactik can pretend not to have heard.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Ahmed Al-Shehri, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Uneasy
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match2 Jan 2027
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Stars Jeunes Talents has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
No sign of nerves from Ezechiel Mahamat at 18 — 7.60
The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Ezechiel Mahamat did not need any: 7.60, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market4 Jan 2027
AS DGSSIE 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.
Market4 Jan 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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Brahim 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“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.
Loan watch4 Jan 2027
“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 8 appearances in 20 say he has earned the hearing.
Match2 Jan 2027
A 1‑1 draw with Elect Sport leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Uneasy
Market28 Dec 2026
Brahim 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.
Market28 Dec 2026
Issa Djimet 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.
Match26 Dec 2026
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Stars Jeunes Talents has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Brahim 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 Stars Jeunes Talents this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Stars Jeunes Talents now.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Oumar Souleymane 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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Issa Djimet
“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 watch28 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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and 1 appearances in 16 say he has earned the hearing.
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Crisis
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.
Match19 Dec 2026
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.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match19 Dec 2026
0‑2 to Aiglons, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oumar Souleymane 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Abdoulaye Haroun 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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Brahim Tokindang 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.
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Steady
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Stars Jeunes Talents now.
Market30 Nov 2026
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.
Squad30 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 Stars Jeunes Talents this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Issa Djimet 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.
Loan watch30 Nov 2026
“I did not go to AS Etat Major to sit and watch. I want to come back to Stars Jeunes Talents and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 12 matches say the rest.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Ezechiel Mahamat 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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Crisis
Squad23 Nov 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 18 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market23 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 Stars Jeunes Talents can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Brahim 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.
Match21 Nov 2026
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad23 Nov 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.
Loan watch23 Nov 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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and 5 appearances in 15 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ezechiel Mahamat 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.
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Steady
Match4 Nov 2026
A 4‑3 win over AS DGSSIE, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match4 Nov 2026
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 120th minute. AS DGSSIE will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 32 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
A brace, and Brahim Adoum takes the afternoon — 8.00
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Brahim Adoum provided it, and the 8.00 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 0 on the scoresheet, 7.33 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
No sign of nerves from Idriss Youssouf at 20 — 8.08
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Idriss Youssouf did not need any: 8.08, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Market9 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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Brahim 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.
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Uneasy
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 37. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match31 Oct 2026
It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Galactik kept coming because nothing stopped them, and Stars Jeunes Talents will be asked about the last half hour all week.
Market2 Nov 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 39 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Stars Jeunes Talents now.
Market2 Nov 2026
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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Stars Jeunes Talents may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.86 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market2 Nov 2026
“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 Narcisse Mbaiguedem.
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Crisis
Market26 Oct 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 Stars Jeunes Talents can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 46 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match24 Oct 2026
0‑2 to CotonTchad, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad26 Oct 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 ratings26 Oct 2026
Saleh Ndoram ran the middle of the pitch — 6.36
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 10 combined actions and a mark of 6.36, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oumar Souleymane 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 watch26 Oct 2026
“I did not go to Galactik to sit and watch. I want to come back to Stars Jeunes Talents and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Abdoulaye Haroun 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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Crisis
Squad5 Oct 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Mahamat Ndoram
21 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.
Market5 Oct 2026
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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Brahim Adoum and Stars Jeunes Talents agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Brahim 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 Stars Jeunes Talents this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Saleh Ndoram has improved at 32, 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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
5 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.
Match3 Oct 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market5 Oct 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Brahim Allamine 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.
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Steady
Squad28 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Mahamat Ndoram
28 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.
Market28 Sep 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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Brahim 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.
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
Brahim Moustapha 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.
Loan watch28 Sep 2026
“I watch every Stars Jeunes Talents game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Galactik runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
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Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
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.
Market24 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.
Squad24 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 Stars Jeunes Talents this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Brahim Adoum 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Saleh Ndoram, and the manager let it.
Market24 Aug 2026
The name of Issa Haroun has come up in conversations Stars Jeunes Talents were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
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Steady
Market3 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 Stars Jeunes Talents, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Brahim 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 Stars Jeunes Talents this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Brahim Adoum 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Ali Abba again, and this time the name on the line is Gazelle. Stars Jeunes Talents are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Issa Allamine and Stars Jeunes Talents agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.