The Barau Courier
Market8 Jan 2029
Salim Ali 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 The request is on a desk at Barau, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market8 Jan 2029
Barau turn down Bendel Insurance for Ibrahim Obansa
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market8 Jan 2029
Jude Mamman has said yes to Wikki Tourists
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Barau have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The dugout8 Jan 2029
Ibrahim Nura keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Barau may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Barau tie Chidozie Okereke down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Boardroom8 Jan 2029
Graduation day at Barau
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 targets8 Jan 2029
Barau rebuffed over Sodiq Oshidero
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Remo Stars have kept their man, and Barau go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad8 Jan 2029
James Emo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Barau this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market8 Jan 2029
One of our own: Simon Umar joins the Barau first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Simon Umar is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match Ibrahim Yahaya the difference as Barau beat Shooting Stars
- Boardroom A promise the Barau board did not keep
- Player ratings Ibrahim Yahaya takes the honours