The ES Ben Aknoun Gazette
Squad8 Jan 2029
Abdeljalil Saâd damages knee ligaments — 59 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 59 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match8 Jan 2029
ES Ben Aknoun sink to position 16
7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market8 Jan 2029
Mohamed Mouaataz Khenniche agrees terms with ES Mostaganem
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around ES Ben Aknoun people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
ES Ben Aknoun spell it out for Mehdi Bensebaini
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Mehdi Bensebaini has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Transfer targets8 Jan 2029
Fee done, terms next for Che Malone
ES Ben Aknoun and USM Alger have settled on $2.3M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Market8 Jan 2029
Abdeljalil Saâd 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 ES Ben Aknoun can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout8 Jan 2029
Dean Dala keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” ES Ben Aknoun may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets8 Jan 2029
Mohammed Reyad Lezoul is a medical away from ES Ben Aknoun
The deal with ES Mostaganem is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Chamseddine Derradji signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Chamseddine Derradji and ES Ben Aknoun agree another 2 years.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Oussama Bouguerri
- Squad Words at ES Ben Aknoun training over how hard people work
- Transfer targets Door shut on Zakaria Saidi