The Enyimba Sentinel
Market12 Sep 2033
Only the photograph left for Ishaq Kayode
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ishaq Kayode will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Enyimba the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market12 Sep 2033
Olisa Nwakali has said yes to Nasarawa United
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Enyimba have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The dugout12 Sep 2033
Abah Chinonso: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Enyimba have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Sep 2033
A falling-out at Enyimba
Joel Ezra and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets12 Sep 2033
Door shut on Mark Ugboh
Enyimba asked and AIK said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market12 Sep 2033
One of our own: Kelechi Umar joins the Enyimba first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kelechi Umar is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Sep 2033
Alex Okoye steps up from the Enyimba academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alex Okoye 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.
Squad12 Sep 2033
A row about effort at Enyimba
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nwanna Okechukwu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout12 Sep 2033
No hiding place for Imrana Ahmad
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Imrana Ahmad, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Nura Salisu
- The dugout Ishaq Kayode gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Musa Omeruo on the point