The Gazelle Herald
Squad28 May 2029
A falling-out at Gazelle
Koffi Ayivi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 May 2029
A row about effort at Gazelle
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Osée Natoyoum was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 May 2029
Koffi Ayivi gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Koffi Ayivi is on it.
The dugout28 May 2029
Saleh Abakar is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout28 May 2029
Gérard Diarra 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 Gérard Diarra trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market28 May 2029
Still no signature from Gérard Diarra
2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Gazelle could get for him.
Market28 May 2029
The Mark Ojong talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Gazelle know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market28 May 2029
The shop window has Dacosta Owusu in it
Gazelle have let the market know Dacosta Owusu can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
The dugout28 May 2029
Dylan Achimi keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Dylan Achimi plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
In brief
- Match A season winding down at Gazelle
- Squad Welcome back, Brahim Allamine