The Gor Mahia Chronicle
Market22 Jan 2035
Terms done: Elvis Ayumba is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Shabana waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Gor Mahia is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market22 Jan 2035
Sidnei Tavares 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 Gor Mahia can pretend not to have heard.
Market22 Jan 2035
KCB come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Gor Mahia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market22 Jan 2035
Eyes on Tommy McDermott again
The phone has started ringing about Tommy McDermott again, and this time the name on the line is Golden Arrows. Gor Mahia are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets22 Jan 2035
Kakamega Homeboyz tell Gor Mahia: Martin Wanyama 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.
Squad22 Jan 2035
Sam Waller in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Gor Mahia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout22 Jan 2035
Austin Harrison has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Gor Mahia will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout22 Jan 2035
Timothy Rupia 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 Gor Mahia, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout22 Jan 2035
A door opens for Caleb Rupia
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Boardroom The Gor Mahia production line keeps running
- The dugout The manager comes out for Anthony Kagere
- Squad Ibrahim Mulee back in training