The Gazelle Garoua Courier
Market30 Aug 2027
Francky Manga sold, and an era ends
$95.0K from Colombe du Dja et Lobo for Francky Manga. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
The terraces30 Aug 2027
Supporters turn on the $95.0K sale of Francky Manga
He is going to Colombe du Dja et Lobo, the club has $95.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Arsene Mekila is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 20 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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Marcel Fobang has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Gazelle Garoua they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Gazelle Garoua
Chouaib El Maftoul 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Housseini Ousmanou has improved at 24, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
In brief
- Squad Sthembiso Hlophe falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market Edgar Oyongo leaves for nothing
- Market Gazelle Garoua send Saidou Nouhou out for first-team football