Victor Umar

Central Defender - Plateau United
19 May 2030
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198 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

13 May 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad13 May 2030

Tempers go at Plateau United

Mamoutou Berthé 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.

Match11 May 2030

A bad afternoon for Plateau United against Kun Khalifat

0‑1 to Kun Khalifat, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad13 May 2030

Words at Plateau United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tarabina Biweribo 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.

Squad13 May 2030

Plateau United lose Oche Eze

51 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Player ratings13 May 2030

Nobody could get near Ikouwem Utin

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

The dugout13 May 2030

Chukwuma Eze faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Chukwuma Eze after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

The dugout13 May 2030

The manager makes an example of Victor Umar

“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.

The dugout13 May 2030

When it matters, Suleiman Kirki plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Looking ahead13 May 2030

Kabir Muhammed Kabir faces his old club

Katsina United next, and one man in the Plateau United dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

In brief

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165 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

24 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Sep 2029

Only the photograph left for Amos Aliyu

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Amos Aliyu will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Plateau United the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Match22 Sep 2029

Whatever happens, Plateau United do not lose

7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad24 Sep 2029

Words exchanged at Plateau United

Jonathan Okechukwu 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.

Squad24 Sep 2029

A row about effort at Plateau United

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

Squad24 Sep 2029

Mamoutou Berthé wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Plateau United will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

Player ratings24 Sep 2029

Nobody on the pitch touched Ikouwem Utin

7.38, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Plateau United had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

Squad24 Sep 2029

Victor Umar signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Victor Umar and Plateau United agree another 3 years.

The dugout24 Sep 2029

The manager’s verdict

“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Chukwuma Eze was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Plateau United dressing room was either.

The dugout24 Sep 2029

Jonathan Okechukwu knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Plateau United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

163 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

10 Sep 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad10 Sep 2029

Nathaniel Tahmbi gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Nathaniel Tahmbi has just signed for Plateau United, and for once the answer mattered.

Market10 Sep 2029

So close: Walbe Gomir’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Kano Pillars moved on, Walbe Gomir reports back to Plateau United, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Squad10 Sep 2029

Tempers go at Plateau United

Mamoutou Berthé 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.

Transfer targets10 Sep 2029

El Masry tell Plateau United: Ebube Duru 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.

Squad10 Sep 2029

Words at Plateau United training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Israel Oladeji 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.

Market10 Sep 2029

One of our own: Victor Umar joins the Plateau United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Victor Umar is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Sep 2029

One of our own: Oscar Lawal joins the Plateau United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oscar Lawal is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Sep 2029

Samuel Adebayor steps up from the Plateau United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuel Adebayor 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.

Squad10 Sep 2029

Suleiman Kirki stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Suleiman Kirki and Plateau United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief