The Wikki Tourists Herald
Market3 Sep 2035
Chidozie Iheanacho agrees terms with Niger Tornadoes
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Wikki Tourists people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Player ratings3 Sep 2035
Joshua Lawal scores twice — 8.98
Two goals and a mark of 8.98 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market3 Sep 2035
Olayinka Onuachu 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 Wikki Tourists can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom3 Sep 2035
Window shuts: 10 in, 5 out at Wikki Tourists
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 10 arrived, 5 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Boardroom3 Sep 2035
Chukwueze Akinola signs for Kano Pillars while still at Wikki Tourists
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Chukwueze Akinola has agreed terms with Kano Pillars for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad3 Sep 2035
Ekebuike James stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ekebuike James and Wikki Tourists agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Sep 2035
Tempers go at Wikki Tourists
Taku Chinyowa 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.
Match1 Sep 2035
Joshua Lawal the difference as Wikki Tourists beat El-Kanemi Warriors
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Joshua Lawal. 3‑2 against El-Kanemi Warriors, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Transfer targets3 Sep 2035
Door shut on Oyintari Adamawa
Wikki Tourists asked and Enyimba said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- The terraces Wikki Tourists supporters have found a favourite in Adebayo Umar
- Market Navajo Bakboord told to find a new club
- Transfer targets A loan move for Simon Dennis is in the works