The El-Kanemi Warriors Courier
Market7 Jan 2036
Chukwuma Ihenacho 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 El-Kanemi Warriors can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout7 Jan 2036
William Dennis says El-Kanemi Warriors went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings7 Jan 2036
Age has not caught Abubakar Maiwada yet — 8.19
At 35 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.19 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Boardroom7 Jan 2036
El-Kanemi Warriors tie Henri Olivier down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Boardroom7 Jan 2036
5 academy graduates step up at El-Kanemi Warriors
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad7 Jan 2036
Ferdinand Notani signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ferdinand Notani commits to El-Kanemi Warriors for another 3 years.
Transfer targets7 Jan 2036
Remo Stars tell El-Kanemi Warriors: Joseph Ejuke 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.
Market7 Jan 2036
Ndidi Ogunjobi steps up from the El-Kanemi Warriors academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ndidi Ogunjobi 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.
Market7 Jan 2036
One of our own: Ahmed Musa joins the El-Kanemi Warriors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ahmed Musa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Isaac Dennis steps up from the El-Kanemi Warriors academy
- Match El-Kanemi Warriors get the job done against Katsina United
- Squad No place for Ferdinand Notani in the new shape