Marked for Abdoulaye Djimet
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Steady
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
US Moursal close the window on a squad of their own making
2 in and 9 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
US Moursal asked and Gazelle Garoua said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ali Hissein and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad7 Sep 2026
He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Narcisse Ngaradoumbe trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market7 Sep 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. US Moursal know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Back issues
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Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
AS DGSSIE come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and US Moursal did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Ali Hissein
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. US Moursal have done the hard part with Stars Jeunes Talents, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Brahim Abakar 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 targets24 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Abdoulaye Djimet 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 dugout24 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ali Souleymane and US Moursal agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A new face in his position and a shirt he thought he owned suddenly up for discussion. US Moursal have promised nothing, which is what clubs promise at this stage.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
Elect Sport come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and US Moursal did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Narcisse Allamine had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market10 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Narcisse Tokindang again, and this time the name on the line is AS PSI. US Moursal are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Brahim Abakar commits to US Moursal for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Brahim Abakar 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
US Moursal asked and Aigle Royal de la Menoua said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at US Moursal
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Idriss Ngaradoumbe was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
A conversation is coming this week. US Moursal will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
Hassan Djimet 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 US Moursal can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Brahim Abakar and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at US Moursal
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Idriss Ngaradoumbe was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Marius Bechir has come up in conversations US Moursal were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Brahim Abakar 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 Brahim Abakar trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The captaincy goes to Idriss Ngaradoumbe. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.