The Hamrun Spartans Sentinel
Squad3 May 2027
A move Sam Pulisic would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Sam Pulisic is living that version at Hamrun Spartans, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market3 May 2027
Célio hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hamrun Spartans can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 May 2027
Edwin Ramaja pulls a muscle — 14 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
Squad3 May 2027
A falling-out at Hamrun Spartans
Benjamín Córdova and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 May 2027
Home is on Célio's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Hamrun Spartans are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Market3 May 2027
A long bet from Hamrun Spartans on Sam Pulisic
He is 15, and nobody at Hamrun Spartans signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
The dugout3 May 2027
Michele Carboni has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Hamrun Spartans 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.
The dugout3 May 2027
Singnkhi Mpedi gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout3 May 2027
Messie Biatoumoussoka knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Messie Biatoumoussoka trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market The Damir Céter talk will not go away
- Market Talks stall between Hamrun Spartans and Benjamín Córdova
- The dugout The manager makes Yankho Singo a promise