Abdul Baba

Central Defender - Inter Allies U18
3 May 2029
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The Inter Allies Gazette

4 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

The dugout

Annan Mensah says Inter Allies went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Sebastian Osigwe keeps Inter Allies in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Boardroom

Inter Allies write off $70.9K on Samuel Okai

He arrived for a fee and leaves for a fraction of it. $70.9K of what Inter Allies paid for Samuel Okai is money the club will not see again, and the boardroom will be asked about it for two seasons.

Transfer targets

Inter Allies agree $55.0K for Jeffrey Mensah

The clubs have shaken hands with Hasaacas; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Market

Yiriyon Gideon asks to leave Inter Allies

“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.

Boardroom

Deadline passes with 11 signed and 10 gone

That is the business done at Inter Allies until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Squad

Words exchanged at Inter Allies

Sebastian Osigwe and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Boardroom

5 academy graduates step up at Inter Allies

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Squad

A row about effort at Inter Allies

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Musa Yahaya was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief