The Katsina United Herald
Squad27 Dec 2027
Tempers go at Katsina United
Zayyad Musa 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.
Squad27 Dec 2027
A row about effort at Katsina United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Muhammed Alao was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout27 Dec 2027
No hiding place for Muhammad Suleiman
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Muhammad Suleiman, and the manager let it.
The dugout27 Dec 2027
Muhammad Suleiman gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Muhammad Suleiman is on it.
Market27 Dec 2027
The Yakub Hameed question follows Katsina United around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Yakub Hameed’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout27 Dec 2027
Usman Barau knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Katsina United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad Word from the training ground: Muhamed Suwareh
- Squad Oghenekaro Simon back in training