Simon Adeleye

Goalkeeper - Free Agent
3 Jun 2035
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395 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

20 Feb 2034
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match18 Feb 2034

Whatever happens, Kun Khalifat do not lose

12 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad20 Feb 2034

A row about effort at Kun Khalifat

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

Squad20 Feb 2034

Chinonso Romanus in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kun Khalifat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match18 Feb 2034

Kun Khalifat get the job done against Kwara United

A 1‑0 win over Kwara United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Transfer targets20 Feb 2034

The window shuts on the Michael Akinola deal

Kun Khalifat ran out of time with Bendel Insurance. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

Player ratings20 Feb 2034

Nobody could get near Donald Essien

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings20 Feb 2034

Blessed Iyamu takes the honours

Marked 7.76 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Kun Khalifat had the best player on the pitch.

The dugout20 Feb 2034

Interim Coach has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Interim Coach on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

The dugout20 Feb 2034

Somebody else is better right now than Ebere Ekong

The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.

In brief

Back issues
386 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

19 Dec 2033
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad19 Dec 2033

Donald Essien pulls a muscle — 16 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 16 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Squad19 Dec 2033

A falling-out at Kun Khalifat

Akpan Nsikak-Abong and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad19 Dec 2033

A row about effort at Kun Khalifat

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

The dugout19 Dec 2033

No hiding place for Osayi Olagunju

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

Market19 Dec 2033

The Tega Ebetomane question follows Kun Khalifat around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Tega Ebetomane’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout19 Dec 2033

Ebere Ekong knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ebere Ekong trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

378 Edition

The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

24 Oct 2033
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout24 Oct 2033

Osayi Olagunju says Kun Khalifat went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad24 Oct 2033

A falling-out at Kun Khalifat

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

Squad24 Oct 2033

A row about effort at Kun Khalifat

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

Squad24 Oct 2033

David Babatunde signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” David Babatunde and Kun Khalifat agree another 3 years.

The dugout24 Oct 2033

The manager makes an example of Simon Adeleye

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market24 Oct 2033

The Tega Ebetomane question follows Kun Khalifat around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Tega Ebetomane’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief