Marked for Lassana Diaby
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad16 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 New Edubiase United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at New Edubiase United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pius Ibrahim 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 dugout16 Nov 2026
Yusuff Adewale 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.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Hasaacas in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and Hasaacas did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $27.8K — a club that wants Kamaldeen Inusah enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jeffrey Ayew and Hasaacas agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jeffrey Ayew 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 targets10 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Liberty Professionals have kept their man, and Hasaacas go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nana Partey 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 dugout10 Aug 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Ebuka Akobundu
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Hasaacas will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Market10 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jeffrey Ayew 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 Hasaacas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Andrew Bukari and Hasaacas agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Hasaacas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nana Partey was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market3 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Hasaacas have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The formation has left Baba Mensah behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Hasaacas will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Jeffrey Ayew 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 Hasaacas, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Michael Yeboah and New Edubiase United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Michael Yeboah 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Adeyemo Bolaji 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. New Edubiase United will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Market3 Aug 2026
Every supporter in the ground could have named the hole in this team, and most of them did, loudly, for months. Mohammed Aminu has been signed to close it.
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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan enquiry to Bechem United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Hearts of Oak 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Lassana Diaby is in the works
New Edubiase United have made the call to Hasaacas. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.