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Squad24 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Siriman Konaté out for 32 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason CR Belouizdad will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
CR Belouizdad have gone to Al-Ahli with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
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 The request is on a desk at CR Belouizdad, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
CR Belouizdad asked and Al Dhafra said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market24 Aug 2026
The chase for Mélo N'Diaye ended with $550.0K changing hands and CS Constantine out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Chouaib Keddad 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.
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Market17 Aug 2026
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. CR Belouizdad have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Mélo N'Diaye
CR Belouizdad and CS Constantine have settled on $550.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No thanks: Joane Gadou rejects the move
CR Belouizdad had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Borussia Dortmund, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Naoufel Khacef and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
CR Belouizdad asked and Stade de Reims said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Montpellier HSC have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Squad17 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and CR Belouizdad 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A new face in his position, and Chouaib Keddad suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. CR Belouizdad have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Mehdi Boudjemaa has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
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Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
CR Belouizdad offered $2.5M; Al-Fayha said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Joane Gadou
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. CR Belouizdad have done the hard part with Borussia Dortmund, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Naoufel Khacef 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 targets10 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. CS Constantine have kept their man, and CR Belouizdad go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Farid El Melali and CR Belouizdad agree another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Abdelkader Feghouli has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Youcef Soudani is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Abdelkader Belkebla has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mohamed Slimani has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
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Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
The offer went to Al-Fayha this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Chouaib Keddad and CR Belouizdad agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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 CR Belouizdad this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at CR Belouizdad, another week without a signature from Chouaib Keddad.
Market3 Aug 2026
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.