The Tailevu Naitasiri Gazette
Market17 Jan 2028
Misaele Kumar 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 Tailevu Naitasiri can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets17 Jan 2028
Apisai Sesewa due for a Tailevu Naitasiri medical
Everything agreed with Nadi, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad17 Jan 2028
A falling-out at Tailevu Naitasiri
Mosese Nabose and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Words at Tailevu Naitasiri training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abhishek Deo 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.
The dugout17 Jan 2028
Sakiusa Saqiri has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Tailevu Naitasiri 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.
Market17 Jan 2028
The Daniel Graskoski talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tailevu Naitasiri know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Market Tailevu Naitasiri put Nischal Lal up for sale
- Squad Shivneet Sami is not doing himself any favours
- Squad Maleli Goundar is out on the grass again