John Tabone

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Free Agent
3 May 2029
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105 Edition

The Marsa Herald

31 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets31 Jul 2028

The paperwork begins on Emmanuel Ugwu

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Marsa have done the hard part with Mosta, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

The dugout31 Jul 2028

Astjon Sulce frozen out at Marsa

This is not rotation. Astjon Sulce has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Marsa is pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets31 Jul 2028

Marsa rebuffed over Silas Alfred

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hibernians have kept their man, and Marsa go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad31 Jul 2028

Gabriel 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.

Boardroom31 Jul 2028

Embargo at Marsa

No fees may be paid for anybody, whatever the squad needs. Every rumour about this club until it lifts is a rumour about a deal that cannot be done.

Squad31 Jul 2028

A falling-out at Marsa

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

Transfer targets31 Jul 2028

A loan move for Silas Alfred is in the works

Marsa have made the call to Hibernians. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout31 Jul 2028

Davi Versiani 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.

Market31 Jul 2028

Davi Versiani linked with a move away

The name of Davi Versiani keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Marsa say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

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The Marsa Herald

19 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad19 Jun 2028

A fracture rules Rion Zejnullahu out for 35 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Marsa will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market19 Jun 2028

John Tabone 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 Marsa can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout19 Jun 2028

Mauricio Luiz frozen out at Marsa

This is not rotation. Mauricio Luiz has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Marsa is pretending otherwise.

Transfer targets19 Jun 2028

Jan Busuttil is a medical away from Marsa

The deal with Birkirkara 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.

Transfer targets19 Jun 2028

Silas Alfred will not be coming to Marsa

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Hibernians is saying, and nobody at Marsa is enjoying the guessing.

Squad19 Jun 2028

Davi Versiani wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Marsa know it.

Squad19 Jun 2028

Words exchanged at Marsa

João Vitor 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.

Transfer targets19 Jun 2028

Door shut on Nicolás Reed

Marsa asked and Hibernians said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad19 Jun 2028

A row about effort at Marsa

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

In brief