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Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Akim Zedadka
JS Kabylie and Sabah have settled on $1.9M. 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.
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 The request is on a desk at JS Kabylie, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer from ES Setif for Islam Eddine Slimane Tichtich 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.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $500.0K — a club that wants Christopher Samangwa enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Stade Rennais have kept their man, and JS Kabylie go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Mohamed Réda Hamidi 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: MC El Bayadh have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Oussama Haroun. The answer from JS Kabylie has not changed — yet.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at JS Kabylie
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jaredi Teixeira was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market24 Aug 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at JS Kabylie has been clear about where Laïd Chahine Bellaouel stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Market17 Aug 2026
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and USM Khenchela waiting with a shirt. Nobody at JS Kabylie is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer from USM Khenchela for Lahlou Akhrib 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No thanks: Oumar Diakité rejects the move
JS Kabylie had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Stade de Reims, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
The offer went to USM Khenchela 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
JS Kabylie offered $480.0K; Paradou 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 targets17 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. FC Villefranche have kept their man, and JS Kabylie go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
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Market10 Aug 2026
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” MB Rouissat had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $500.0K — a club that wants Abdallah Bendouma enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Everything agreed with Stade de Reims, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
JS Kabylie have gone to Paradou 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Aimen Mahious commits to JS Kabylie for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mohamed Réda Hamidi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ismail Brahimi 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. Omar Bensebaini 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
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Said Ounas has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
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Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ryad Boudebouz commits to JS Kabylie for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Aly Abeid 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Levski have kept their man, and JS Kabylie go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Seif Benrabah has come up in conversations JS Kabylie were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no offer on the table, and Billal Messaoudi’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jaredi Teixeira 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan enquiry to Stade de Reims: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Tylel Tati is in the works
JS Kabylie have made the call to FC Nantes. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.