The MC Alger Courier
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
MC Alger close the window on a squad of their own making
10 in and 3 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Graduation day at MC Alger
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad6 Sep 2027
A row about effort at MC Alger
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mohamed Zoungrana was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Ayoub Abdellaoui 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 MC Alger this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market6 Sep 2027
Ahmed Atal steps up from the MC Alger academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ahmed Atal 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.
Market6 Sep 2027
One of our own: Said Atal joins the MC Alger first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Said Atal is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market6 Sep 2027
MC Alger promote Omar Zeffane from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Omar Zeffane 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.
Market6 Sep 2027
One of our own: Nassim Touba joins the MC Alger first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nassim Touba is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
MC Alger let a promise lapse
A date was given and it came and went. Nobody upstairs will call it a broken promise, and nobody downstairs will call it anything else for a long time.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at MC Alger
- Squad A promotion for Ishak Talal Boussouf
- The dugout When it matters, Mohamed Benkhemassa plays