The Wikki Tourists Herald
Squad5 Dec 2033
A knee injury of the worst kind for Dylan Tavares
150 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Wikki Tourists lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout5 Dec 2033
Taku Chinyowa: 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.” Wikki Tourists have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom5 Dec 2033
The scrutiny sharpens at Wikki Tourists
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Wikki Tourists is running low.
Squad5 Dec 2033
Ahmad Lamido signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ahmad Lamido commits to Wikki Tourists for another 4 years.
Market5 Dec 2033
Talks stall between Wikki Tourists and Muhammed Kabiru
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout5 Dec 2033
Anthony Abacha is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Market5 Dec 2033
The Taku Chinyowa question follows Wikki Tourists around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Taku Chinyowa’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout5 Dec 2033
Ndidi Omeruo asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Boardroom5 Dec 2033
The Wikki Tourists academy earns its keep
94 graduates, from a department now rated 7 out of 20. Nothing about the academy appears in a result, and nothing about the club’s future exists without it.
In brief
- Market Wikki Tourists put Olisa Sadiq up for sale
- Squad Extra work for Chukwueze Ogunjobi at Wikki Tourists
- Squad Word from the training ground: Joshua Lawal