Umar Simon

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344 Edition

The Remo Stars Herald

28 Feb 2033
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match26 Feb 2033

Remo Stars run riot against Plateau United

3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings28 Feb 2033

Abdoulaye Yahaya scores twice — 8.19

Two goals and a mark of 8.19 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings28 Feb 2033

Oscar Okocha, 20, steals the show — 8.17

Marked 8.17 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Match26 Feb 2033

Remo Stars cannot stop winning

5 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.

Market28 Feb 2033

Joshua Onyeka is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Remo Stars is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad28 Feb 2033

Adama Goïta 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.

Squad28 Feb 2033

A falling-out at Remo Stars

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

Player ratings28 Feb 2033

Antonio Galeano runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad28 Feb 2033

Umar Simon signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Umar Simon commits to Remo Stars for another 3 years.

In brief

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309 Edition

The Remo Stars Herald

28 Jun 2032
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market28 Jun 2032

Ehije Ukaki 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 The request is on a desk at Remo Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market28 Jun 2032

Joseph Abah agrees terms with Barau

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Remo Stars people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market28 Jun 2032

Remo Stars turn down Kun Khalifat for Samuel Anakwe

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

The dugout28 Jun 2032

Odion Iwobi: 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.” Remo Stars have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad28 Jun 2032

At 19, Joshua Onyeka is already the best thing here

An average of 7.04 in a first team he is several years too young for. Remo Stars have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Market28 Jun 2032

Only the photograph left for Alex Musa

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alex Musa will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Remo Stars the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Transfer targets28 Jun 2032

Christian Akpan is a medical away from Remo Stars

The deal with Antwerp is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Match26 Jun 2032

The run at home goes on for Remo Stars

9 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Transfer targets28 Jun 2032

Remo Stars rebuffed over Christian Akpan

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Antwerp have kept their man, and Remo Stars go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief

273 Edition

The Remo Stars Herald

20 Oct 2031
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market20 Oct 2031

Ifeanyi Moffi is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Remo Stars is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad20 Oct 2031

A row about effort at Remo Stars

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

Market20 Oct 2031

Frank Onuachu steps up from the Remo Stars academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Frank Onuachu 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.

Market20 Oct 2031

Remo Stars promote Umar Simon from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Umar Simon 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.

Market20 Oct 2031

Remo Stars promote Terem Nwakali from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Terem Nwakali 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.

Squad20 Oct 2031

Tempers go at Remo Stars

Marvis Ogiomade 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.

The dugout20 Oct 2031

Abdoul Bane gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout20 Oct 2031

Adama Goïta gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Adama Goïta is on it.

The dugout20 Oct 2031

Joseph Abah knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Joseph Abah trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief