Stephane Siani

Defensive Midfielder - Canon Yaounde
29 Sep 2031
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266 Edition

The Canon Yaounde Gazette

1 Sep 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market1 Sep 2031

Housseini Ousmanou 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 Canon Yaounde can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom1 Sep 2031

Deadline passes with 14 signed and 7 gone

That is the business done at Canon Yaounde until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Squad1 Sep 2031

Tempers go at Canon Yaounde

Jérôme Onguéné 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 dugout1 Sep 2031

The manager makes an example of Housseini Ousmanou

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad1 Sep 2031

Stephane Siani signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Stephane Siani commits to Canon Yaounde for another 3 years.

Transfer targets1 Sep 2031

Canon Yaounde ask about Ani Ozoemena

A loan enquiry to Cotonsport Garoua: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout1 Sep 2031

Vini Lontsi 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 Vini Lontsi is on it.

Market1 Sep 2031

Talks stall between Canon Yaounde and Brendan Galloway

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Market1 Sep 2031

The Franck Assiga Edoa story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Franck Assiga Edoa signs something — a contract at Canon Yaounde or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

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246 Edition

The Canon Yaounde Gazette

14 Apr 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout14 Apr 2031

Nicolas Moukoudi says Canon Yaounde 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.

Squad14 Apr 2031

Words exchanged at Canon Yaounde

Jérôme Onguéné 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.

Squad14 Apr 2031

Words at Canon Yaounde training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Franck Assiga Edoa is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout14 Apr 2031

Martin Ako Assomo 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 Martin Ako Assomo is on it.

The dugout14 Apr 2031

The manager makes an example of Marcel Mabouka

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market14 Apr 2031

Still no ink between Canon Yaounde and Félix Djoubairou

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Canon Yaounde, another week without a signature from Félix Djoubairou.

The dugout14 Apr 2031

Félix Djoubairou 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 Félix Djoubairou trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market14 Apr 2031

Félix Djoubairou runs his contract down

5 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Canon Yaounde money.

Squad14 Apr 2031

Stephane Siani is not doing himself any favours

A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.

In brief