The Stars Jeunes Talents Gazette
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
Stars Jeunes Talents tie Abdoulaye Haroun down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Stars Jeunes Talents
Djibrine Mahamat 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
Ezechiel Doungous stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ezechiel Doungous and Stars Jeunes Talents agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market2 Oct 2028
Brahim Tokindang steps up from the Stars Jeunes Talents academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Brahim Tokindang 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 Ahmat Djimet from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ahmat Djimet 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 Adam Hissein from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adam Hissein 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
Moussa Ngaradoumbe steps up from the Stars Jeunes Talents academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Moussa Ngaradoumbe 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.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Moussa Moustapha falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Squad Mandla Mothiba wants to go home
- The dugout Ezechiel Adoum has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout Ezechiel Adoum asks for a word with the manager