The Gor Mahia Chronicle
Market5 Feb 2029
Terms done: Joseph Odhiambo is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Muranga Seal waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Gor Mahia is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Daniel Sakari keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Gor Mahia may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Deadline passes with 7 signed and 2 gone
That is the business done at Gor Mahia until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Market5 Feb 2029
Kevin Omondi asks to leave Gor Mahia
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Gor Mahia told to sell
The instruction came from the boardroom and the dugout did not agree with it. Somebody will go, the fee will be called good business, and the manager will spend the season rebuilding around the space.
Match3 Feb 2029
No end in sight to Gor Mahia's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Gor Mahia has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Words exchanged at Gor Mahia
Ben Stanley Omondi 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.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Graduation day at Gor Mahia
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Frank Odhiambo falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Player ratings Ben Stanley Omondi runs at them all day
- Transfer targets Door shut on Lewis Shivachi
- Market One of our own: Brian Onyango joins the Gor Mahia first team