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Crisis
Squad12 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ezechiel Oumar is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
A chastening introduction for Oumar Hissein — 5.74
It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.74 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.
Squad12 Oct 2026
At 29 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ezechiel Oumar and AS Etat Major agree another 3 years.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at AS Etat Major training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hassan Ngaradoumbe is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match10 Oct 2026
Renaissance left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
“I watch every AS Etat Major game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Gazelle runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Marked 5.50, and generously at that. Nothing came off, and by the end the crowd had stopped expecting it to.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
An afternoon Moussa Abba will want back
Marked 5.55. Nothing he attempted worked and by the hour mark he had stopped attempting much, which is the part a manager notices rather than the mistakes.
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Crisis
Market5 Oct 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The terraces5 Oct 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 12 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Abdramane Allamine is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
A chastening introduction for Ahmat Adoum — 5.33
It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.33 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Issa Mbaiguedem and AS Etat Major agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Oct 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 AS Etat Major this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Hassan Ngaradoumbe has improved at 33, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match3 Oct 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Steady
Market28 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ali Abakar is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Hassan Ngaradoumbe 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.
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Steady
Market21 Sep 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AS Etat Major can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Adam Moustapha is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad21 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 AS Etat Major this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Sep 2026
At 29 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Loan watch21 Sep 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at AS Etat Major, and 0 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Steady
Squad14 Sep 2026
Ezechiel Oumar is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Market14 Sep 2026
The deal that would have taken Marius Allamine to AS DGSSIE has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to AS Etat Major with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Youssouf Souleymane has improved at 28, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at AS Etat Major training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ali Abakar is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at AS Etat Major, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Market14 Sep 2026
6 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs AS Etat Major money.
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Steady
Market7 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AS Etat Major, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market7 Sep 2026
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Youssouf Souleymane reports back to AS Etat Major with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
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Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AS Etat Major, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Ali Ndoram is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Hassan Ngaradoumbe 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
AS DGSSIE are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. AS Etat Major will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market31 Aug 2026
Brahim Abba has left for AS DGSSIE in a $16.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
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Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AS Etat Major, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. AS Etat Major have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer from Aiglons for Issa Mbaiguedem 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.
Squad24 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 AS Etat Major this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at AS Etat Major training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Moussa Ngaradoumbe is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Adam Oumar commits to AS Etat Major for another 3 years.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
US Moursal come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and AS Etat Major did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market17 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Hassan Ngaradoumbe 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Moussa Ngaradoumbe 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Djibrine Souleymane and AS Etat Major agree another 3 years.
Market17 Aug 2026
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. AS Etat Major will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer from AS PSI for Youssouf Souleymane 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Moussa Abba and AS Etat Major agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Hassan Ngaradoumbe 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Moussa Abba 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AS Etat Major, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 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 AS Etat Major this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at AS Etat Major training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Moussa Abba is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Issa Mbaiguedem has come up in conversations AS Etat Major were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Youssouf Souleymane trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.