The USM Khenchela Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
USM Khenchela turn down MB Rouissat for Serge Badjo
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mounder Temine is a medical away from USM Khenchela
The deal with El Masry is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at USM Khenchela
Réda Boumechra and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
USM Khenchela rebuffed over Yasser El Nenny
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Masr El Makasa have kept their man, and USM Khenchela go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
USM Khenchela promote Adel Djabou from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adel Djabou 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
USM Khenchela promote Abdelhak Benrahma from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdelhak Benrahma 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
USM Khenchela promote Bilal Zeffane from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bilal Zeffane 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Réda Boumechra
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Réda Boumechra, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at USM Khenchela training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Faik Amrane 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.
In brief
- Squad USM Khenchela are still strangers to each other
- Squad Romaric Etonde is a square peg at USM Khenchela
- The dugout Serge Badjo knocks on the manager's door