The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette
Squad13 Mar 2028
A falling-out at Stars Jeunes Talents
Yannick Masra and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Brahim Ndoram 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.
Boardroom13 Mar 2028
$5.0K lands at Stars Jeunes Talents thanks to Narcisse Hissein
A clause somebody insisted on years ago, in a negotiation nobody remembers, has just paid Stars Jeunes Talents $5.0K. Narcisse Hissein left a long time ago; the paperwork stayed.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Oumar Abba 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 Oumar Abba is on it.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Brahim Adoum gets it from the manager
“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.
The dugout13 Mar 2028
Adam Mahamat asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market13 Mar 2028
The Yannick Masra story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Yannick Masra signs something — a contract at Stars Jeunes Talents or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Alex Mani Onguene walks taller at Stars Jeunes Talents
His past walked in ahead of him. Players who have been where he has been get a hearing in a dressing room before they have earned one, and he has it for as long as his form does.
Match13 Mar 2028
Stars Jeunes Talents in the hunt for Europe
Position 6, 31 points, and a run-in that decides whether next season has Thursday nights in it. Nobody is calling it a race yet, which is what people say during one.
In brief
- Loan watch 3 goals on loan for Abdramane Youssouf
- Squad Mandla Mothiba remains an outsider
- Loan watch Djibrine Mahamat has made AS Algoy’s shirt his own