The Victoria United Sentinel
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Stéphane Bekolo
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Victoria United have done the hard part with Canon Yaounde, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Victoria United
Bryan Nokoue 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 targets17 Aug 2026
Victoria United rebuffed over Joshua Baba
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Bendel Insurance have kept their man, and Victoria United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Oko Onyedika 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Benard Mundi needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Victoria United know which stage they are at.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Victoria United try to borrow Adama Traoré
Real Bamako have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Donatien Tchami behind
- Market Victoria United borrow Donatien Tchami
- Market Victoria United bring in Paul Ombolo on loan
- The dugout Nicolas Ntcham knocks on the manager’s door