The Rivers United Herald
Squad6 Jan 2031
121 days out for Kelechi Nwakali after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rivers United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market6 Jan 2031
Sabo Gambo puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Rivers United, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout6 Jan 2031
Aminu Sani says Rivers United went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom6 Jan 2031
A new deal for Bright Kalu
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Boardroom6 Jan 2031
Graduation day at Rivers United
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad6 Jan 2031
Tempers go at Rivers United
Amara Condé 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.
Transfer targets6 Jan 2031
Rivers United rebuffed over Zaidu Sanusi
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Braga have kept their man, and Rivers United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match4 Jan 2031
Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari sends Rivers United past Warri Wolves
It finished 2‑1, and it was Maclyn Biokpo Jenewari’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Rivers United.
Market6 Jan 2031
Habib Sylla told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Habib Sylla has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Rivers United.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ola Umar joins the Rivers United first team
- Market One of our own: Chidera Ademola joins the Rivers United first team
- Player ratings Alex Oyowah stands above it all