The AS Etat Major Post
Squad2 Oct 2028
Mahamat Ndoram damages knee ligaments — 60 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 60 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.
Market2 Oct 2028
Only the photograph left for Mahamat Bechir
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Mahamat Bechir will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around AS Etat Major the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at AS Etat Major
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Words at AS Etat Major training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Issa Moustapha 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.
Market2 Oct 2028
AS Etat Major promote Issa Allamine from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Issa Allamine has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market2 Oct 2028
Abdoulaye Mahamat steps up from the AS Etat Major academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Abdoulaye Mahamat has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market2 Oct 2028
AS Etat Major promote Abdramane Adoum from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdramane Adoum has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Boardroom2 Oct 2028
A promise the AS Etat Major board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
Squad2 Oct 2028
Narcisse Adoum 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 AS Etat Major this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at AS Etat Major
- Squad When it matters, Issa Adoum plays