The Enyimba Sentinel
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Sylvester Bell: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Enyimba have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market4 Jan 2027
Cletus Kelechi 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 The request is on a desk at Enyimba, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match2 Jan 2027
The wait goes on for Enyimba
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Match2 Jan 2027
Remo Stars end the Enyimba run at 8
Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 8 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Victor Chikwado is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Ezekiel Edidiong 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 Enyimba this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Enyimba
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.
Market4 Jan 2027
Shooting Stars join the queue for Jonathan Jacob
Add another name to the list: Shooting Stars have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Jonathan Jacob. The answer from Enyimba has not changed — yet.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Door shut on Morufdeen Moshood
Enyimba asked and Penafiel said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Squad Stanley Dimgba is slowing down
- Market One of our own: Daniel Sadiq joins the Enyimba first team
- Market One of our own: Jamilu Simon joins the Enyimba first team