Ivan Ramirez

Central Defender - Real Bamako
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The Real Bamako Chronicle

11 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Match11 Jun 2029

Real Bamako refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 51 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Market11 Jun 2029

Victoria United come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Real Bamako did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market11 Jun 2029

Ivan Ramirez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Real Bamako can pretend not to have heard.

Squad11 Jun 2029

Ibrahima Dembélé in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Real Bamako this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad11 Jun 2029

Real Bamako count the cost of losing Sambala Kanté

34 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Market11 Jun 2029

AS Police expected to open talks for Souleymane Maiga

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Real Bamako will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

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The Real Bamako Chronicle

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match10 Feb 2029

Whatever happens, Real Bamako do not lose

13 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Market12 Feb 2029

Temitope Folarin hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Real Bamako can pretend not to have heard.

Squad12 Feb 2029

Ousmane Kone keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Real Bamako may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad12 Feb 2029

Defences have started doubling up on Issa Djiguiba

11 goals and a season average of 7.52 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Market12 Feb 2029

Only the photograph left for Ousmane Kone

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ousmane Kone will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Real Bamako the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad12 Feb 2029

Tempers go at Real Bamako

James Kinyanjui 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.

Squad12 Feb 2029

Real Bamako lose Aboubacar Camara

34 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Player ratings12 Feb 2029

Issa Djiguiba in the eights

A performance of 8.95 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match10 Feb 2029

Real Bamako share the spoils with Djoliba

A 2‑2 draw with Djoliba leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief