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25 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad18 Jan 2027

Gualberto breaks a bone — 14 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 14 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match16 Jan 2027

Nowhere to hide for BA All Stars

0‑3 against Ashanti Gold, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Market18 Jan 2027

Daniel Mjengu asks to leave BA All Stars

“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.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Osman Mohammed 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.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Brahim Sabaouni 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.

Squad18 Jan 2027

No hiding place for Gualberto

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

Boardroom18 Jan 2027

Inquest at BA All Stars

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

Market18 Jan 2027

Talks stall between BA All Stars and Paulo Balbúrdia

“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.

Player ratings18 Jan 2027

Emmanuel Acquah runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 9. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

Back issues
19 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad7 Dec 2026

A fracture rules Gualberto out for 57 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason BA All Stars will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market7 Dec 2026

Abraham Afful is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at BA All Stars is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Player ratings7 Dec 2026

Age has not caught Kamaldeen Annan yet — 7.97

At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.97 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Baba Paintsil: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” BA All Stars have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market7 Dec 2026

Abdul Bukari puts it in writing

“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 BA All Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Kwame Kudus stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Kwame Kudus and BA All Stars agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad7 Dec 2026

Osman Mohammed 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.

Loan watch7 Dec 2026

Ernest Essien has seen enough of Inter Allies

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at BA All Stars, and 4 appearances in 15 say he has earned the hearing.

Match5 Dec 2026

Kamaldeen Annan the difference as BA All Stars beat Berekum Chelsea

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Kamaldeen Annan. 1‑0 against Berekum Chelsea, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief

3 Edition

The BA All Stars Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

BA All Stars turn down Inter Allies for Ernest Essien

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Samuel Acquah 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Brahim Sabaouni 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.

Market17 Aug 2026

Unisport Bafang expected to open talks for Kamaldeen Ofori

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. BA All Stars will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A muscle injury sidelines Jonathan Kudus for 14 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. BA All Stars will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Baba Paintsil

“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.

In brief