Musa Ogunjobi

Central Defender - Remo Stars
21 Feb 2030
Thursday
Process

Marked for Musa Ogunjobi

186 Edition

The Remo Stars Herald

18 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Words exchanged at Remo Stars

Siphelo Baloni and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

Antonio Galeano falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

Segun Owoade out for 19 days

The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Segun Owoade, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout

Musa Ogunjobi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Player ratings

Jaredi Teixeira beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 17. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Player ratings

Antonio Galeano stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.78 on the card, and the Remo Stars support went home talking about one name.

The dugout

When it matters, Biola Sabitu plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Michael Nwankwo was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Remo Stars dressing room was either.

The dugout

Qudus Akanni dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief

Back issues
184 Edition

The Remo Stars Herald

4 Feb 2030
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Antonio Galeano was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 44. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout

Siphelo Baloni says Remo Stars went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Chaka Coulibaly says no to Katsina United

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Chaka Coulibaly had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Boardroom

Remo Stars close the window on a squad of their own making

17 in and 8 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Match

The run is over for Remo Stars

9 matches without defeat, and then Abia Warriors. Nobody at the ground pretended it would go on forever; nobody expected it to stop here either.

Squad

Musa Ogunjobi signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Musa Ogunjobi and Remo Stars agree another 5 years.

Squad

A falling-out at Remo Stars

Siphelo Baloni and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Remo Stars

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Antonio Galeano was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match

A bad afternoon for Remo Stars against Abia Warriors

1‑2 to Abia Warriors, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

In brief

116 Edition

The Remo Stars Herald

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout

Musa Ogunjobi says Remo Stars went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Only the photograph left for Usman Sadiq

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Usman Sadiq will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Remo Stars the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

A falling-out at Remo Stars

Samuel Anakwe and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at Remo Stars

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Chigozie Chilekwu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Gabriel Eze stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Gabriel Eze and Remo Stars agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

Adama Goïta asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief