The Etoiles du Mande Sentinel
Market10 Sep 2029
Sekou Bagayoko has said yes to FC Diarra
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Etoiles du Mande have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market10 Sep 2029
Etoiles du Mande say no — this time
The offer from AS Korofina for Souleymane Kante was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Sep 2029
Words at Etoiles du Mande training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Barou Sanogo 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.
Squad10 Sep 2029
Tempers go at Etoiles du Mande
Amadou Diaby 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.
The dugout10 Sep 2029
Ousmane Simpara has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Etoiles du Mande 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.
Market10 Sep 2029
The Barou Sanogo talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Etoiles du Mande know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Market Djigui Kone leaves for nothing
- The dugout The manager comes out for Kénan Glougbé