The Rangers International Courier
Squad29 Mar 2032
A knee injury of the worst kind for Emmanuel Jesam
51 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Rangers International lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad29 Mar 2032
A falling-out at Rangers International
Hilary Gong and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout29 Mar 2032
When it matters, Ifeanyi Assurance 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.
The dugout29 Mar 2032
Stephen Iheanacho 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.
Market29 Mar 2032
Ifeanyi Assurance linked with a move away
The name of Ifeanyi Assurance keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Rangers International say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout29 Mar 2032
Moses Osayi-Samuel knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Rangers International, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market29 Mar 2032
Abraham Babatunde placed on the list
Rangers International have made Abraham Babatunde available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Boardroom29 Mar 2032
The Rangers International academy earns its keep
74 graduates, from a department now rated 11 out of 20. Nothing about the academy appears in a result, and nothing about the club’s future exists without it.
Looking ahead29 Mar 2032
Rangers International travel to Kwara United
Next up on the road: Kwara United, position 9. The supporters who go will talk about it all week and the ones who do not will check their phones at ten to five.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Hilary Gong
- Squad Welcome back, Umar Amoo