Patrick Baba

Central Midfielder - Jomo Cosmos
16 Nov 2028
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The Jomo Cosmos Post

26 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad26 Jun 2028

20 days out for Dean Lorch after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Jomo Cosmos will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market26 Jun 2028

Sifiso Nkosi 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 Jomo Cosmos can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets26 Jun 2028

Mpho Mathebula is a medical away from Jomo Cosmos

The deal with Bloemfontein Celtic is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Market26 Jun 2028

Siya Msomi is on his way

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

The dugout26 Jun 2028

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Squad26 Jun 2028

Judas Moseamedi 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 Jomo Cosmos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets26 Jun 2028

Jomo Cosmos baulk at the price for Ayanda Tibe

Mamelodi Sundowns wanted more than $44.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Squad26 Jun 2028

A row about effort at Jomo Cosmos

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bennet Mokoena was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets26 Jun 2028

Door shut on Henrijs Auseklis

Jomo Cosmos asked and Cagliari said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

In brief

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The WAFA Post

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market9 Aug 2027

Canon Yaounde come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and WAFA did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Abraham Gyan stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Abraham Gyan and WAFA agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Tempers go at WAFA

Jonathan Asante 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.

Squad9 Aug 2027

A row about effort at WAFA

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Amos Addo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

Amos Addo 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 Amos Addo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

When it matters, Amos Nuhu plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market9 Aug 2027

WAFA and Amos Nuhu are talking past each other

“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.

Market9 Aug 2027

Osman Mohammed leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Osman Mohammed leaves WAFA the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

Market9 Aug 2027

Patrick Baba leaves for nothing

Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Patrick Baba leaves WAFA the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.

In brief

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The WAFA Post

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market3 May 2027

Osman Mohammed 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 WAFA can pretend not to have heard.

Squad3 May 2027

A falling-out at WAFA

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

Squad3 May 2027

Gladson Appiah 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 dugout3 May 2027

Gladson Appiah has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at WAFA will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout3 May 2027

Afriyie Inusah 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 Afriyie Inusah trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market3 May 2027

The Jonathan Asante story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Jonathan Asante signs something — a contract at WAFA or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad3 May 2027

a squad player is settling

A few words of the language, a friend at the next peg, and a training ground that has stopped feeling foreign. Nothing measurable, and everything visible on Saturdays.

The dugout3 May 2027

The manager plants his flag on Thomas Ofori

“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Thomas Ofori’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.

Match3 May 2027

Nothing left to play for but pride at WAFA

47 points in position 7: too many to go down, too few to go anywhere. The honest description of a season like this is a shrug, and the supporters have already given it.

In brief

  • Boardroom The WAFA board put their names to it
  • Squad Patrick Baba is out on the grass again