Andre Ntcham

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Sunday
Process

Marked for Andre Ntcham

103 Edition

The Panthere du Nde Herald

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Andre Ntcham

15 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Panthere du Nde lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Constant Sanga puts it in writing

“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 The request is on a desk at Panthere du Nde, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Marc Onguene signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Marc Onguene and Panthere du Nde agree another 3 years.

Transfer targets

Panthere du Nde bid $25.0K for Cédric Minlo

The offer went to Dynamo Douala this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad

Tempers go at Panthere du Nde

Mohamed Moluh Mounta 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.

Squad

Cyrien Saha Bikim 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 targets

Panthere du Nde try to borrow Isaac Maben

Dynamo Douala 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.

The dugout

A promise honoured for Roger Emga

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Panthere du Nde told Roger Emga something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

The dugout

Landry Yotchou has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Panthere du Nde will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

Back issues
102 Edition

The Panthere du Nde Herald

10 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

The knee: Andre Ntcham out for 23 days

23 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Panthere du Nde lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market

David Ogbe Apeh puts it in writing

“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 Panthere du Nde, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Romeo Mfeng Nanga

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Panthere du Nde have done the hard part with Canon Yaounde, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

Words exchanged at Panthere du Nde

Mohamed Moluh Mounta 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.

Transfer targets

PWD Bamenda tell Panthere du Nde: Eric Ngamaleu is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Cyrien Saha Bikim 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.

Squad

Kenny Kima Beyissa signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kenny Kima Beyissa and Panthere du Nde agree another 3 years.

The dugout

The manager has not finished forgetting Gildas Wamaka's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Market

The shop window has Marc Yapéndé in it

Panthere du Nde have let the market know Marc Yapéndé can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

101 Edition

The Panthere du Nde Herald

3 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Andre Ntcham damages knee ligaments — 30 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 30 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.

Market

Constant Sanga has said yes to Aigle Royal de Moungo

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Panthere du Nde have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market

Cotonsport Garoua come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Panthere du Nde did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Yann Mbah Ndjock hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Panthere du Nde can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Marc Onguene honoured for the season

The kind of year that ends with a name being read out in a hall. Panthere du Nde had the benefit of it every week and now have the problem of everybody else knowing.

Market

Marcel Fobang is a Panthere du Nde player

The fee is $45.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Gazelle Garoua drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

A falling-out at Panthere du Nde

Mohamed Moluh Mounta and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Hugo Rauch gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Hugo Rauch has just signed for Panthere du Nde, and for once the answer mattered.

The terraces

The town asked, and Panthere du Nde paid $45.0K

Marcel Fobang was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $45.0K. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.

In brief