The Hamrun Spartans Sentinel
Market9 Jul 2029
Mouad El Fanis puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Hamrun Spartans, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market9 Jul 2029
Only the photograph left for Matthew Guillaumier
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Matthew Guillaumier will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Hamrun Spartans the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad9 Jul 2029
Luke Alker is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad9 Jul 2029
Oshobe Oladele signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Oshobe Oladele commits to Hamrun Spartans for another 2 years.
Squad9 Jul 2029
Tempers go at Hamrun Spartans
Oshobe Oladele 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.
Squad9 Jul 2029
A late step up for Florian Michel
At 37 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
In brief
- Market The Mouad El Fanis conversation is coming
- Market The clock does Aaron Borg’s negotiating for him