The Remo Stars Herald
Squad22 Nov 2027
A falling-out at Remo Stars
Lekan Malik and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
When it matters, Antonio Galeano plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Jabbar Malik
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market22 Nov 2027
The Ahmed Akinyele talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Remo Stars know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Loan watch22 Nov 2027
3 goals on loan for Chiedozie Okorie
9 appearances at Cotonsport Garoua and the goals keep coming. Remo Stars are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
The manager makes Agu Kenechukwu a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Remo Stars. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout22 Nov 2027
Osasumwen Aigbe 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.
Boardroom22 Nov 2027
Remo Stars keep producing them
19 graduates from an academy now rated 15 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Word from the training ground: Hadi Haruna
The sharpest man in every session this week, by all accounts. Lines like this run the week before somebody’s run in the side begins.
In brief
- Boardroom The Remo Stars board put their names to it
- Squad Joshua Okocha is fit again
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Chiedozie Okorie