Marked for Cheick Doumbia
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad14 Jun 2027
A fracture rules Cheick Doumbia out for 20 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason AS Police will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market14 Jun 2027
AS Police say no — this time
The offer from Onze Createurs for Yaya Konaté was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Malick Djiguiba 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.
Market14 Jun 2027
The phone has started ringing about Modibo Sacko again, and this time the name on the line is FC Diarra. AS Police are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Oumar Koné 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.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
AS Police asked and MB Rouissat said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Loan watch14 Jun 2027
“I did not go to AS Bakaridjan to sit and watch. I want to come back to AS Police and fight for my place.” 6 appearances in 22 matches say the rest.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
A loan enquiry to Wikki Tourists: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
A loan enquiry to Colombe du Dja et Lobo: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad7 Jun 2027
A fracture rules Cheick Doumbia out for 27 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason AS Police will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market7 Jun 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AS Police, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Oumar Koné and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Words at AS Police training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Seydou Diallo 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.
Loan watch7 Jun 2027
“I did not go to US Bougouba to sit and watch. I want to come back to AS Police and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 20 matches say the rest.
Transfer targets7 Jun 2027
A loan move for Nathaniel Asibe is in the works
AS Police have made the call to Enyimba. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets7 Jun 2027
Gazelle have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Not a new contract, not a new number: a new place in the manager’s thinking, which is the only promotion in football that actually matters. Sékou Guindo has moved up it.
Market7 Jun 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AS Police know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market12 Apr 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AS Police, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout12 Apr 2027
Samba Diaby: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” AS Police have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Apr 2027
A row about effort at AS Police
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Oumar Koné was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market12 Apr 2027
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abdoulaye Djenepo 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.
Market12 Apr 2027
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cheick Doumbia 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.
Loan watch12 Apr 2027
“I did not go to AS Bakaridjan to sit and watch. I want to come back to AS Police and fight for my place.” 6 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.