The USM Khenchela Herald
Squad6 Sep 2027
The knee: Ismail Djabou out for 16 days
16 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. USM Khenchela lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Window shuts: 12 in, 11 out at USM Khenchela
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 12 arrived, 11 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Transfer targets6 Sep 2027
Kabangu Alex Teixeira turns down USM Khenchela
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Le Havre AC keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Tempers go at USM Khenchela
Abdou Sissoko 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.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Graduation day at USM Khenchela
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.
Transfer targets6 Sep 2027
Olympique Lyonnais tell USM Khenchela: Matthias Da Silva 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.
Market6 Sep 2027
USM Khenchela promote Mehdi Ghoulam from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mehdi Ghoulam 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
Hicham Belmadi steps up from the USM Khenchela academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hicham Belmadi 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: Houssem Atal joins the USM Khenchela first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Houssem Atal is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Sofiane Benrahma joins the USM Khenchela first team
- The dugout No hiding place for Oussama Litim
- Squad Words at USM Khenchela training over how hard people work