The Tusker Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Tusker walk away from Reuben Otieno
$98.0K was the most the club would pay and Kenya Police were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Match8 Aug 2026
Tusker find a way past Bidco United
Bidco United made Tusker work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Bourama Togola
Tusker asked and Real Bamako said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Ian Simiyu Jr.
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Peter Rupia joins the Tusker first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Rupia is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
David Amuka steps up from the Tusker academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Amuka 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Caleb Owusu steps up from the Tusker academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Caleb Owusu 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nicholas Nyakeya steps up from the Tusker academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicholas Nyakeya 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Yakeen Muthelil in the eights
A performance of 8.36 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Player ratings Victor Mbaoma in the eights
- Squad Eric Omondi needs a bigger stage
- Squad Words exchanged at Tusker