The Bloemfontein Celtic Sentinel
Market3 Aug 2026
Kasper Høgh wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Bloemfontein Celtic hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Haissem Hassan stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Haissem Hassan and Bloemfontein Celtic agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Bloemfontein Celtic
Kasper Høgh 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 targets3 Aug 2026
Mamelodi Sundowns tell Bloemfontein Celtic: Mothobi Mvala 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Haissem Hassan 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Haissem Hassan's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Bloemfontein Celtic
13 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Bloemfontein Celtic ask about Bandile Shandu
A loan enquiry to Orlando Pirates: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Kasper Høgh 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 Bloemfontein Celtic, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market Experience through the door at Bloemfontein Celtic
- Market Khotso Malope joins Bloemfontein Celtic on a free
- Looking ahead Bloemfontein Celtic host Golden Arrows