The Gazelle Garoua Courier
Market15 Mar 2027
Jordy Doumbe Youmba asks to leave Gazelle Garoua
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Dave Tessa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Gazelle Garoua this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Mathieu Ngansiri signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mathieu Ngansiri commits to Gazelle Garoua for another 3 years.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Words at Gazelle Garoua training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jacques Kotto is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Fabrice Bassogog 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.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Arsene Mekila knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Arsene Mekila trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Prat Manyo plays
- Market The Housseini Ousmanou question follows Gazelle Garoua around
- Squad A season on the outside for Eric Dawa
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Housseini Ousmanou