The Bidco United Herald
Market10 Sep 2035
James Juma agrees terms with Sofapaka
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Bidco United people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market10 Sep 2035
Bernard Jairo is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Bidco United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom10 Sep 2035
Bidco United to lose Bernard Jairo for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Bernard Jairo has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Sep 2035
Words exchanged at Bidco United
Sandile Ndlovu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Sep 2035
AFC Leopards tell Bidco United: Samuel Ssenyonjo is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets10 Sep 2035
The window shuts on the Eugene Ikutwa deal
Bidco United ran out of time with Tusker. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.
Market10 Sep 2035
Talks stall between Bidco United and Indy Stoller
“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.
Boardroom10 Sep 2035
Wages eat 94% of everything Bidco United earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
The dugout10 Sep 2035
No hiding place for Michael Chemelil
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Michael Chemelil, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Anthony Kamau is still paying for one afternoon at Bidco United
- Looking ahead Izzadin Juma goes back to face Posta Rangers
- The dugout Patrick Mbugua has become a man the manager trusts