The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette
Squad2 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents
Ahmat Mbainaissem 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.
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Stars Jeunes Talents
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Words at Stars Jeunes Talents training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adam Tokindang 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.
Market2 Oct 2028
Brahim Oumar steps up from the Stars Jeunes Talents academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Brahim Oumar has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market2 Oct 2028
Idriss Moustapha steps up from the Stars Jeunes Talents academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Idriss Moustapha has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market2 Oct 2028
Stars Jeunes Talents promote Adam Tokindang from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adam Tokindang has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market2 Oct 2028
Stars Jeunes Talents promote Marius Ngaradoumbe from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marius Ngaradoumbe has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Oumar Tokindang has improved at 33, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
A promise the Stars Jeunes Talents board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Abdoulaye Allamine
- Boardroom Stars Jeunes Talents turn down the training-ground plan