Kamel Chergui

Central Midfielder - USM Khenchela
28 Aug 2027
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Marked for Kamel Chergui

53 Edition

The USM Khenchela Herald

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

USM Khenchela put Adel Mandi on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Market2 Aug 2027

Ayobami Junior 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 USM Khenchela can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

The USM Khenchela board call everybody in

Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

Nana Schlupp turns down USM Khenchela

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Hasaacas keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Abdelhamid Dris stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Abdelhamid Dris and USM Khenchela agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

Door shut on Abdullah Monkhallah

USM Khenchela asked and Stade Malien said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad2 Aug 2027

A step back for Kamel Chergui at USM Khenchela

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

A loan move for Albert Mohammed is in the works

USM Khenchela have made the call to WAFA. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout2 Aug 2027

Mohamed Refat without the man who signed him

Every squad is half players the manager chose and half players he inherited. Mohamed Refat was chosen, the man who chose him has gone, and he starts again from nothing under the next one.

In brief

Back issues
18 Edition

The USM Khenchela Herald

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match28 Nov 2026

No end in sight to USM Khenchela's wait for a win

14 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at USM Khenchela has to find a result from somewhere.

Match30 Nov 2026

Every point is an argument now for USM Khenchela

Position 16 and 5 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Oussama Litim stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

The dugout30 Nov 2026

Serge Badjo: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” USM Khenchela have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Player ratings30 Nov 2026

Kamel Chergui, 33, rolls back the years — 7.81

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.81 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Squad30 Nov 2026

Serge Badjo out for 35 days

The medical room confirms 35 days on the sidelines for Serge Badjo, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Match28 Nov 2026

USM Khenchela come up short against JS Saoura

JS Saoura left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad30 Nov 2026

A falling-out at USM Khenchela

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

The dugout30 Nov 2026

No hiding place for Ahmida Zenasni

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

In brief

1 Edition

The USM Khenchela Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad3 Aug 2026

Abdel Ali Hamadi gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Abdel Ali Hamadi has just signed for USM Khenchela, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Oussama Litim signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Oussama Litim and USM Khenchela agree another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A falling-out at USM Khenchela

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

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Fauve Azur Elite tell USM Khenchela: Manuel Mbollo 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

The formation has left Kamel Chergui behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. USM Khenchela will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

Market3 Aug 2026

USM Khenchela and Oussama Litim are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market3 Aug 2026

The clock runs on Ayobami Junior'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.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

A loan move for Mehdi Boucherit is in the works

USM Khenchela have made the call to MC Alger. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

USM Khenchela ask about Kamaldeen Sulemana

A loan enquiry to Liberty Professionals: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief