The Barau Courier
Squad10 Jun 2030
Chisom Chiaha damages knee ligaments — 108 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 108 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.
Match8 Jun 2030
8 matches without a win for Barau
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Barau are no longer polite ones.
Player ratings10 Jun 2030
Hilary Ekawu runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Jun 2030
Michael Adeleye keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Barau may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market10 Jun 2030
Calvin Olagunju asks to leave Barau
“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.
Squad10 Jun 2030
Words at Barau training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Diego Lorensi 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.
Squad10 Jun 2030
Tempers go at Barau
Najib Yusuf 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.
Market10 Jun 2030
El-Kanemi Warriors expected to open talks for Henry Ezeonye
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Barau will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Match8 Jun 2030
Honours even between Barau and Abia Warriors
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
In brief
- Market The clock does Yusuf Umar’s negotiating for him
- Market Barau put Mathew Samuel up for sale