Marked for Oumar Ngaradoumbe
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market28 Jun 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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Satrio Azhar 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 Jun 2027
Words at AS DGSSIE training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ade Kristiano 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
Market29 Mar 2027
Dafiq Firdaus 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 AS DGSSIE can pretend not to have heard.
The terraces29 Mar 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 25 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Ebuka Nneji 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 AS DGSSIE this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match27 Mar 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation AS DGSSIE did not have in the autumn.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Ebuka Nneji
“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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Words at AS DGSSIE training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Komang Dedi 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and AS DGSSIE know it.
Match27 Mar 2027
A 1‑1 draw with AS Algoy leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
5.33. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.
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Steady
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market8 Mar 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 AS DGSSIE, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad8 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 AS DGSSIE this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
The crowd has taken to Issa Abba
At 16 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.
Match6 Mar 2027
Three points for AS DGSSIE, 1‑0 the final word against CotonTchad in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Moubarak Djibrine, and the manager let it.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Komang Dedi 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
The name of Moubarak Djibrine keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AS DGSSIE say nothing, which says plenty.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
5.59 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
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Steady
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
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.
Market23 Nov 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AS DGSSIE, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match21 Nov 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Moubarak Djibrine. 2‑1 against Galactik, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at AS DGSSIE training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Komang Dedi 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Ekene Emmanuel 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.
The terraces23 Nov 2026
The crowd has taken to Komang Dedi
At 23 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Too much change too quickly at AS DGSSIE
10 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
A mark of 5.49 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.
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Crisis
The terraces2 Nov 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 20 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Market2 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 AS DGSSIE, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Komang Dedi 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.
Match31 Oct 2026
0‑2 to Gazelle, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Moubarak Djibrine, and the manager let it.
Squad2 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 AS DGSSIE this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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 AS DGSSIE, another week without a signature from Ebuka Nneji.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
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Uneasy
The terraces5 Oct 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 4 of the 19 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Market5 Oct 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
A chastening introduction for Marius Mbaiguedem — 5.54
It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.54 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.
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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Komang Dedi 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.
Market5 Oct 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Saleh Tokindang 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.
Market5 Oct 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Abdramane Souleymane 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.
Market5 Oct 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ali Moustapha 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Komang Dedi
“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.
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Steady
Market28 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad28 Sep 2026
At 29 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
Mahamat 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.
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Steady
Market7 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market7 Sep 2026
The chase for Abdoulaye Ngaradoumbe ended with $34.0K changing hands and US Moursal out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Abdoulaye Ngaradoumbe from US Moursal for $34.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Market7 Sep 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at AS DGSSIE, another week without a signature from Ebuka Nneji.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ebuka Nneji 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 Ebuka Nneji trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Wages are the one subject a dressing room never discusses and always knows. Abdoulaye Ngaradoumbe has signed terms at AS DGSSIE that will be quietly noted by everybody who trains beside him.
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Steady
Market31 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 AS Algoy, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $5.0K sale of Oumar Ngaradoumbe
He is going to AS DGSSIE, the club has $5.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Market31 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. AS Algoy have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market31 Aug 2026
AS DGSSIE pay $5.0K, 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.
Squad31 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 AS Algoy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
Gazelle come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and AS DGSSIE did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market31 Aug 2026
He is 18, and nobody at AS DGSSIE signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market31 Aug 2026
Oumar Ngaradoumbe is 16, and AS DGSSIE have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at AS DGSSIE training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Djibrine Bechir is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad31 Aug 2026
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at AS DGSSIE has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.