The BA All Stars Gazette
Squad9 Aug 2027
The knee: Osman Partey out for 111 days
111 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. BA All Stars lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Jeffrey Annan 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 BA All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Kamaldeen Asamoah out for 22 days
The medical room confirms 22 days on the sidelines for Kamaldeen Asamoah, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Afriyie Djiku signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Afriyie Djiku commits to BA All Stars for another 1 years.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
Jeffrey Annan gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Jeffrey Annan is on it.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Abdul Mumini Salifu
“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.
Market9 Aug 2027
Jeffrey Annan linked with a move away
The name of Jeffrey Annan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. BA All Stars say nothing, which says plenty.
Market9 Aug 2027
Talks stall between BA All Stars and Youssouf Toure
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
Francis Appiah 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 Francis Appiah trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market Jeffrey Schlupp leaves for nothing
- Market Jonathan Mohammed leaves for nothing
- The dugout The manager comes out for Osman Partey