From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aiglons this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Aiglons would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A new face in his position, and Alboury Aboubakar suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Aiglons have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Steady
Squad7 Sep 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Chinanu Victor and Aiglons agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Alboury Aboubakar 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
251% of the income goes out in wages at Aiglons
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Market7 Sep 2026
Ibrahim Hassan is 20, and Aiglons have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market7 Sep 2026
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market7 Sep 2026
Chinanu Victor is 20, and Aiglons have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
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Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
The name of Yannick Saleh keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Aiglons say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A new face in his position, and Alboury Aboubakar suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Aiglons have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Questions about Alboury Aboubakar on the training pitch
The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.
From our football correspondent
Steady
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad17 Aug 2026
Saleh Ndoram has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Saleh Ndoram keeps the shirt for now, at Aiglons's convenience rather than his own.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Aiglons this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alboury Aboubakar commits to Aiglons for another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Yannick Saleh 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.