The Kun Khalifat Chronicle
The dugout8 Jan 2029
Kehinde Lawal says Kun Khalifat 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.
Squad8 Jan 2029
A fracture rules Xolani Ngcobo out for 16 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kun Khalifat will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad8 Jan 2029
A one-man rearguard from Akpan Nsikak-Abong
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market8 Jan 2029
Rodrigue Ella asks to leave Kun Khalifat
“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.
The dugout8 Jan 2029
Blessed Iyamu frozen out at Kun Khalifat
This is not rotation. Blessed Iyamu has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Kun Khalifat is pretending otherwise.
Transfer targets8 Jan 2029
Kun Khalifat bid $43.0K for Abdullahi Usman
The offer went to Wikki Tourists 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.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Kun Khalifat
Akpan Nsikak-Abong 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.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Bright James arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Bright James has, at Kun Khalifat, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Graduation day at Kun Khalifat
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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Victor Torisheju
- Market Kun Khalifat promote Aminu Onuachu from within
- Market Kun Khalifat promote Olisa Obafemi from within