Maxime Siani

Left Forward - Cotonsport Garoua
11 Sep 2033
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Marked for Maxime Siani

312 Edition

The Cotonsport Garoua Chronicle

19 Jul 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market19 Jul 2032

Mamadou Camara has said yes to Panthere du Nde

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Cotonsport Garoua have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market19 Jul 2032

Cotonsport Garoua say no — this time

The offer from Rivers United for Hadji Issa Moustapha was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market19 Jul 2032

Ani Ozoemena 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 Cotonsport Garoua can pretend not to have heard.

Market19 Jul 2032

Pierre Akono is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Cotonsport Garoua is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad19 Jul 2032

A falling-out at Cotonsport Garoua

Jacques Mbiandjeu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets19 Jul 2032

PWD Bamenda tell Cotonsport Garoua: Franck Tchassem 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.

Squad19 Jul 2032

Cotonsport Garoua lose Maxime Siani

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

Squad19 Jul 2032

Ali Al Musrati falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout19 Jul 2032

When it matters, Mamadou Camara 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.

In brief

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308 Edition

The Cotonsport Garoua Chronicle

21 Jun 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market21 Jun 2032

Mamadou Camara agrees terms with Canon Yaounde

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Cotonsport Garoua people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market21 Jun 2032

Ahmadou Bello says no to Gazelle Garoua

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Ahmadou Bello had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market21 Jun 2032

Christian Mbia 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 Cotonsport Garoua, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market21 Jun 2032

Only the photograph left for Pierre Akono

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Pierre Akono will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Cotonsport Garoua the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad21 Jun 2032

Tempers go at Cotonsport Garoua

Mbaye N'Diaye 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.

Squad21 Jun 2032

Cotonsport Garoua lose Maxime Siani

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

Squad21 Jun 2032

Herve Embolo falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout21 Jun 2032

Ani Ozoemena gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The dugout21 Jun 2032

When it matters, Ali Al Musrati 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.

In brief