The Canon Yaounde Gazette
Market10 Sep 2035
Only the photograph left for Jean Mani
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jean Mani will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Canon Yaounde the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market10 Sep 2035
So close: Eric Kameni’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Aigle Royal de la Menoua moved on, Eric Kameni reports back to Canon Yaounde, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Boardroom10 Sep 2035
Still no name above the door at Canon Yaounde
Day 9 of the vacancy. Candidates have been priced, sounded out and quietly ruled out — and the caretaker’s win ratio is becoming an argument all by itself.
Transfer targets10 Sep 2035
Door shut on Christian Mabouka
Canon Yaounde asked and Cotonsport Garoua said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Sep 2035
Benjamin Embolo steps up from the Canon Yaounde academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Benjamin Embolo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Sep 2035
Canon Yaounde promote Herve Ntcham from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Herve Ntcham has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Sep 2035
Ramadan El Nenny wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Canon Yaounde know it.
Squad10 Sep 2035
Maxime Mabouka signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Maxime Mabouka and Canon Yaounde agree another 3 years.
The dugout10 Sep 2035
The manager makes an example of Ramadan El Nenny
“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.
In brief
- The dugout Conrad Njuma asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Emmanuel Mabouka: “I am not a substitute”
- Boardroom The Canon Yaounde academy earns its keep