The Colombe du Dja et Lobo Post
Squad7 Apr 2036
Arthur Yene stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Arthur Yene and Colombe du Dja et Lobo agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Apr 2036
Tempers go at Colombe du Dja et Lobo
Henry Tchikeu 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.
Squad7 Apr 2036
Fon Boris Kache 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.
Market7 Apr 2036
Talks stall between Colombe du Dja et Lobo and Édouard Sombang
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout7 Apr 2036
Clinton Ntcham 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.
Market7 Apr 2036
The Édouard Sombang question follows Colombe du Dja et Lobo around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Édouard Sombang’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- The dugout Jacques Etame has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad Henry Tchikeu can feel the drop
- The dugout Benjamin Moukandjo asks for a word with the manager