The Remo Stars Herald
Squad11 Sep 2028
Ebuka Anthony damages knee ligaments — 36 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 36 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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
A fracture rules Osasumwen Aigbe out for 60 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Remo Stars will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market11 Sep 2028
So close: Serge Obassa’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Nasarawa United moved on, Serge Obassa reports back to Remo Stars, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Tempers go at Remo Stars
Samuel Anakwe 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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
Stanley Joseph signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Stanley Joseph and Remo Stars agree another 4 years.
Boardroom11 Sep 2028
Remo Stars beat the market to Ibrahim Iddrisu from El-Kanemi Warriors
El-Kanemi Warriors will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Ibrahim Iddrisu has pre-agreed a move to Remo Stars, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Player ratings11 Sep 2028
Mark Gibson runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Loan watch11 Sep 2028
Moses Ebuehi counts the days
“I watch every Remo Stars game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Katsina United runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Market11 Sep 2028
PWD Bamenda are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Remo Stars will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
In brief
- Match Remo Stars and Rangers International take a point apiece
- Market James Adeniyi brings the grey hairs Remo Stars lacked
- Market The Samuel Anakwe talk will not go away