Peter Ejuke

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Kwara United
19 Apr 2036
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Marked for Peter Ejuke

505 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

31 Mar 2036
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad31 Mar 2036

Abdullahi Usman breaks a bone — 32 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 32 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market31 Mar 2036

Daniel Duvnjak has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kwara United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad31 Mar 2036

Pius Igwe 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 Kwara United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad31 Mar 2036

Kenneth Babatunde falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout31 Mar 2036

No hiding place for Bright Ihenacho

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bright Ihenacho, and the manager let it.

The dugout31 Mar 2036

Kwara United keep their word to Ibrahim Olayinka

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

Looking ahead31 Mar 2036

Pius Igwe faces his old club

Rangers International next, and one man in the Kwara United dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

Market31 Mar 2036

Pius Igwe linked with a move away

The name of Pius Igwe keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Kwara United say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout31 Mar 2036

Olayinka Musa 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 Kwara United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

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483 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

29 Oct 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom29 Oct 2035

Kwara United hand the job to the manager

“I have supported clubs like this one. I know what a bad Saturday feels like here.” The new man starts with nothing behind him and everything in front of him.

The dugout29 Oct 2035

Nnamdi Babatunde keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kwara United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad29 Oct 2035

Words exchanged at Kwara United

Pius Igwe 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.

Squad29 Oct 2035

A row about effort at Kwara United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Oluwaseyi Ogunniyi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout29 Oct 2035

A clean slate for Kareem Yusuff

A new manager did not pick last season’s side and does not care what it looked like. Kareem Yusuff has taken that personally, in the best sense, and Kwara United are seeing a version of him the last regime had stopped seeing.

Squad29 Oct 2035

Peter Ejuke signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Peter Ejuke commits to Kwara United for another 3 years.

In brief

482 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

22 Oct 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad22 Oct 2035

Tempers go at Kwara United

Kareem Yusuff was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad22 Oct 2035

Oluwaseyi Ogunniyi falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad22 Oct 2035

Nnamdi Adebayor signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nnamdi Adebayor and Kwara United agree another 3 years.

The dugout22 Oct 2035

The manager makes an example of Kenneth Babatunde

“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.

Market22 Oct 2035

The Kareem Yusuff talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Kwara United know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout22 Oct 2035

Joshua Ademola knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Joshua Ademola trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

481 Edition

The Kwara United Sentinel

15 Oct 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad15 Oct 2035

Kareem Yusuff 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 Kwara United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market15 Oct 2035

Akinkunmi Osimhen steps up from the Kwara United academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Akinkunmi Osimhen 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.

Market15 Oct 2035

Kwara United promote Peter Ejuke from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Ejuke 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.

Market15 Oct 2035

One of our own: Adebayo Ademola joins the Kwara United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Adebayo Ademola is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market15 Oct 2035

One of our own: Stephen Omeruo joins the Kwara United first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Stephen Omeruo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Squad15 Oct 2035

A new system beds in at Kwara United

2 games now in a shape the manager was not using a month ago. Changing a formation is easy and keeping one is not, which is why the second of those is the part that tells you something.

The dugout15 Oct 2035

Bright Ihenacho 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.

The dugout15 Oct 2035

Joshua Ademola asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad15 Oct 2035

Bright Ihenacho wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Kwara United will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

In brief