The Bandari Chronicle
Squad25 Jan 2027
117 days out for Bertrand Konfor Ngafei after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Bandari will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market25 Jan 2027
US Bougouni come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Bandari did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market25 Jan 2027
Andrew Juma 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 The request is on a desk at Bandari, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad25 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Bandari
Amza Moubarack 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 dugout25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Geoffrey Ojunga
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market25 Jan 2027
The David Sakwa talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Bandari know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Squad James Omusinde has settled at Bandari
- Squad Jesse Juma back in training