Frank Eze

Left Midfielder - Remo Stars U18
24 Apr 2033
Sunday
Process

Marked for Frank Eze

319 Edition

The Remo Stars Herald

6 Sep 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Joseph Abah has said yes to Barau

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

Market

Frank Eze 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 Remo Stars can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

Window shuts: 14 in, 29 out at Remo Stars

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 14 arrived, 29 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Market

So close: Joshua Onyeka’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Warri Wolves moved on, Joshua Onyeka reports back to Remo Stars, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Squad

At 20, Oscar Okocha is already the best thing here

An average of 7.11 in a first team he is several years too young for. Remo Stars have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Squad

Ezra Carrington arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Ezra Carrington has, at Remo Stars, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad

A row about effort at Remo Stars

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

Transfer targets

Door shut on Emmanuel Ayaosi

Remo Stars asked and Sparta Prague said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

Kun Khalifat expected to open talks for Samuel Anakwe

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Remo Stars will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief

Back issues
304 Edition

The Remo Stars Herald

24 May 2032
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Nobody wants to play Remo Stars right now

6 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Player ratings

Oscar Okocha, 20, steals the show — 7.77

Marked 7.77 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

The dugout

Frank Eze 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.

Squad

Luphumlo Sifumba is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.24 with 13 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Luphumlo Sifumba sends Remo Stars past Enyimba

It finished 2‑0, and it was Luphumlo Sifumba’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Remo Stars.

Squad

A row about effort at Remo Stars

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

Player ratings

Luphumlo Sifumba in the eights

A performance of 8.22 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Antonio Galeano at his very best

Marked 8.03. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Remo Stars.

Squad

A falling-out at Remo Stars

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

In brief

296 Edition

The Remo Stars Herald

29 Mar 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

The knee: Chisom Chiaha out for 66 days

66 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Remo Stars lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad

A falling-out at Remo Stars

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

Squad

Odion Iwobi stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Odion Iwobi and Remo Stars agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout

When it matters, Sulaiman Oyewale 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.

Market

Moses Eze is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Remo Stars has been clear about where Moses Eze stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

A Remo Stars teenager takes the young player award

Oscar Okocha is 20, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.

The dugout

No hiding place for Frank Eze

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Frank Eze, and the manager let it.

Market

Sulaiman Oyewale linked with a move away

The name of Sulaiman Oyewale keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Remo Stars say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Luphumlo Sifumba runs his contract down

4 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Remo Stars money.

In brief