Andre Djiku

Central Defender - BA All Stars
5 Dec 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Andre Djiku

41 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A falling-out at BA All Stars

Kamaldeen Asante and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

Kwadwo Sulemana 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 Kwadwo Sulemana trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

Questions about Gladson Baba on the training pitch

The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.

In brief

Back issues
31 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Daniel Owusu beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 29. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad

Words exchanged at BA All Stars

Kamaldeen Asante and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Words at BA All Stars training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Daniel Owusu 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for BA All Stars against Bechem United

0‑2 to Bechem United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout

Abdul Gyan faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Abdul Gyan after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad

Abraham Mensah moves up the pecking order

Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at BA All Stars than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.

The dugout

No hiding place for Nana Schlupp

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nana Schlupp, and the manager let it.

Squad

Andre Djiku, 19, gets his chance

Off the academy pitches and onto a senior team sheet at 19. The debut is the easy part; the second appearance is the one every young player has to earn.

The dugout

Afriyie Appiah left out for tactical reasons at BA All Stars

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief