Ayoub Jabbari

Attacking Midfielder (L) - FC Cincinnati
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18 Edition

The FC Cincinnati Chronicle

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Ayoub Jabbari says FC Cincinnati 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.

Market30 Nov 2026

Evander wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A falling-out at FC Cincinnati

Miles Robinson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Home is on Samuel Gidi's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; FC Cincinnati are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Gerardo Valenzuela

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

Squad30 Nov 2026

A row about effort at FC Cincinnati

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

Market30 Nov 2026

The Roman Celentano story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Roman Celentano signs something — a contract at FC Cincinnati or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

The manager makes Tom Barlow a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at FC Cincinnati. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Market30 Nov 2026

FC Cincinnati put Paul Walters up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Paul Walters may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

Back issues
11 Edition

The FC Cincinnati Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Evan Louro keeps the receipts

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

Squad12 Oct 2026

Miles Robinson 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 FC Cincinnati this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad12 Oct 2026

8 new faces, and FC Cincinnati are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Market12 Oct 2026

No place for Evan Louro in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Evan Louro has his answer from FC Cincinnati; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Player of the week: Kévin Denkey

Somebody watched every match in the division at the weekend and decided he was the best thing in any of them. A small honour, and most careers end without one.

Market12 Oct 2026

Miles Robinson linked with a move away

The name of Miles Robinson keeps appearing in other people's back pages. FC Cincinnati say nothing, which says plenty.

Looking ahead12 Oct 2026

Miles Robinson faces his old club

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

The dugout12 Oct 2026

A door opens for Gerardo Valenzuela

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.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Ayoub Jabbari 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 FC Cincinnati, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

3 Edition

The FC Cincinnati Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match12 Aug 2026

FC Cincinnati bow out of the cup

Minnesota United FC go through and FC Cincinnati go home, 0‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Match15 Aug 2026

FC Cincinnati let it slip despite Kévin Denkey

Kévin Denkey had done his part in building a 2-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and New York City were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.

Market17 Aug 2026

FC Cincinnati say no — this time

The offer from MSK Zilina for Samuel Gidi was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Miles Robinson 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 FC Cincinnati this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Ayoub Jabbari

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

The window shuts on the Jack Skahan deal

FC Cincinnati ran out of time with San Jose Earthquakes. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Roman Celentano

“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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Samuel Gidi reaches 100 appearances

100 games in the shirt. Nobody sets out to build a record like that; it happens to a certain kind of player at a certain kind of club, and this town knows what it has.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Both jobs done by Teenage Hadebe — 6.91

A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 9 actions, 6.91, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.

In brief