The Enyimba Sentinel
Market7 Jun 2032
Enyimba say no — this time
The offer from Hearts of Oak for Kelvin Akinmola 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.
Market7 Jun 2032
Terms done: Isaac Enoghama is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Kwara United waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Enyimba is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Player ratings7 Jun 2032
A defender's goal wins it for Enyimba — 7.79
1 for Christopher Richards, marked 7.79, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Market7 Jun 2032
Chidera Simon 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 The request is on a desk at Enyimba, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings7 Jun 2032
Ishaq Kayode was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad7 Jun 2032
Tempers go at Enyimba
Kelvin Akinmola 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.
Squad7 Jun 2032
Dele Israel stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Dele Israel and Enyimba agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Jun 2032
Words at Enyimba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christopher Richards 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.
Match5 Jun 2032
Enyimba come up short against Abia Warriors
Abia Warriors left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Kelvin Ogunga
- Boardroom Doors closed at Enyimba
- The dugout Musa Omeruo answers for it