The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette
Market13 Mar 2028
Marius Tokindang 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.
Market13 Mar 2028
Marius Abakar 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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
The step up is real for Bright Lawal
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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents
Oumar 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.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Tyron Macomba 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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ali Mbainaissem is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Abdramane 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.
Squad13 Mar 2028
The division's best last weekend was a Stars Jeunes Talents man
It is a small honour and it is not nothing: somebody watched every match in the division and decided that Oumar Oumar was the best thing in any of them.
Market13 Mar 2028
Abdramane Bechir 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 Abdramane Bechir stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- Looking ahead Oumar Mahamat faces his old club
- The dugout When it matters, Djibrine Mbaiguedem plays
- Market The Timothy Imala question follows Stars Jeunes Talents around