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Edition
The AS Bakaridjan Courier
24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at AS Bakaridjan
Aboubacar Haïdara 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Thabiso Msele 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Souleymane Dembele signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Souleymane Dembele commits to AS Bakaridjan for another 3 years.
In brief
- Squad Ace Sali still has not settled
- Market The Bongani Cele question follows AS Bakaridjan around