The Rangers International Courier
Match31 Jan 2037
Still nobody has beaten Rangers International
The unbeaten run reaches 16. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market2 Feb 2037
Rangers International say no — this time
The offer from Bendel Insurance for Chukwuma Lawal 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.
Market2 Feb 2037
Isaac Ejuke has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Rangers International they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad2 Feb 2037
Tempers go at Rangers International
Lawrence Nicholas 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.
Player ratings2 Feb 2037
Nobody could get near Chimobi Igwilo
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings2 Feb 2037
Mirko Juárez shuts the door
Defensive actions: 22, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad2 Feb 2037
Words at Rangers International training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kelechi Chimezie 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.
Player ratings2 Feb 2037
A defender's afternoon for Chibueze Oputa
Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad2 Feb 2037
Christopher Richards 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.
In brief
- Boardroom $1.6M on the table at Rangers International
- Squad Ezekiel Tamara dropped after a run of poor form
- Market Nasarawa United expected to open talks for Michael Abdullahi