The Remo Stars Herald
Market21 Nov 2033
Only the photograph left for Joshua Onyeka
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Joshua Onyeka will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Remo Stars the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market21 Nov 2033
Olayinka Ndidi puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Remo Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad21 Nov 2033
Real improvement from Etebo Ihenacho at Remo Stars
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Etebo Ihenacho is 18, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad21 Nov 2033
A falling-out at Remo Stars
Nnamdi Ogunjobi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Nov 2033
Words at Remo Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Trezeguet Salah 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.
The dugout21 Nov 2033
Adama Goïta gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Adama Goïta is on it.
The dugout21 Nov 2033
Gordon Cudjoe 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.
Market21 Nov 2033
The Ehije Ukaki story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Ehije Ukaki signs something — a contract at Remo Stars or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout21 Nov 2033
The manager makes Sama'ila Bello a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Remo Stars. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- Market Remo Stars put Michael Umar up for sale
- The dugout Terem Nwakali knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Etebo Ihenacho is not doing himself any favours