The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette
Squad14 Sep 2026
Idriss Mbainaissem is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A late step up for Abdoulaye Abba
At 30 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Brahim Oumar 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.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
Marius Haroun counts the days
“I watch every Stars Jeunes Talents game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Gazelle runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Hassan Mahamat
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hassan Mahamat, and the manager let it.
Market14 Sep 2026
The Hassan Doungous talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Stars Jeunes Talents know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Market Djibrine Mbainaissem placed on the list
- Market The window shut and Brahim Bechir is still in the building