The AS Police Sentinel
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
A new deal for Bakary Coulibaly
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Real improvement from Matlahatsi Mampane at AS Police
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Matlahatsi Mampane is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Oumar Koné in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AS Police this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at AS Police
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
Kwenzakwenkosi Mbatha signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kwenzakwenkosi Mbatha and AS Police agree another 3 years.
Market2 Oct 2028
Falaye Tamboura steps up from the AS Police academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Falaye Tamboura 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
One of our own: Souleymane Diaby joins the AS Police first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Souleymane Diaby is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Oct 2028
One of our own: Mamadou Samassekou joins the AS Police first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mamadou Samassekou is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market2 Oct 2028
Modibo Samassekou steps up from the AS Police academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Modibo Samassekou 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.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Diadié Samadiaré
- Boardroom $18.2K a year onto the AS Police books
- Boardroom AS Police spend where nobody can see it