Darnell Kithambo

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Marsaxlokk
15 May 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Darnell Kithambo

16 Edition

The Marsaxlokk Gazette

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

80 days out for Oualid El Hasni after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Marsaxlokk will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

Words exchanged at Marsaxlokk

Domantas Šimkus 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.

Squad

Herick wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Marsaxlokk know it.

The dugout

No hiding place for Matías García

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

Squad

The formation has left Bongani Cele behind

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

Market

Still no ink between Marsaxlokk and Cristian Correa

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Marsaxlokk, another week without a signature from Cristian Correa.

Market

The ambition of Henri Devolli outgrows Marsaxlokk early

Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.

Market

A long bet from Marsaxlokk on Henri Devolli

He is 20, and nobody at Marsaxlokk signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Looking ahead

A reunion for Leandro Aguirre

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Valletta in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Marsaxlokk Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

Door shut on Sekala Guehi

Marsaxlokk asked and Naxxar Lions said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Tempers go at Marsaxlokk

Andrea Cassar 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.

Looking ahead

A reunion for Domantas Šimkus

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Hamrun Spartans in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

In brief

3 Edition

The Marsaxlokk Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A falling-out at Marsaxlokk

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

Transfer targets

Marsaxlokk rebuffed over Léo Fernandes

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Mosta have kept their man, and Marsaxlokk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Marsaxlokk and Darnell Kithambo 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.

In brief

2 Edition

The Marsaxlokk Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Marsaxlokk

Domantas Šimkus 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.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Cláudio Murici

Marsaxlokk asked and Tarxien Rainbows said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

Marsaxlokk and Oualid El Hasni 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.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Marsaxlokk

5 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.

Squad

The formation has left Darnell Kithambo behind

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

Market

Nobody at Marsaxlokk has picked up the phone to Nikolai Muscat

36 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

In brief