The Remo Stars Herald
Market21 Jan 2030
Terms done: Biola Sabitu is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Rivers United waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Remo Stars is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market21 Jan 2030
Chimobi Igwilo 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 The request is on a desk at Remo Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout21 Jan 2030
Chidera Ejuke keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Remo Stars may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market21 Jan 2030
Renaissance come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Remo Stars did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad21 Jan 2030
Words at Remo Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Antonio Galeano 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.
Market21 Jan 2030
Eyes on Ousmane Diabaté again
The phone has started ringing about Ousmane Diabaté again, and this time the name on the line is Bayelsa United. Remo Stars are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets21 Jan 2030
Remo Stars rebuffed over Arthur Okonkwo
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rotherham United have kept their man, and Remo Stars go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad21 Jan 2030
A falling-out at Remo Stars
Odunsi Sunday and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout21 Jan 2030
No hiding place for Chimobi Igwilo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Chimobi Igwilo, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Timi Ogunniyi is still being punished for one mistake
- Player ratings Samuel Anakwe beats them one at a time
- The dugout Timi Ogunniyi dropped after a run of poor form