Jacques Mbé

Defensive Midfielder - Flamurtari
24 Apr 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Jacques Mbé

37 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

12 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Flamurtari sink to position 6

14 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Jacques Mbé hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Flamurtari can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Ariol Kaloshi says Flamurtari went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

In brief

Back issues
34 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

22 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Dimitris Chantakias out for 25 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Flamurtari will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Luciano Squadrone asks to leave Flamurtari

“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.

Squad

Jacques Mbé in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamurtari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

33 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Flamurtari sink to position 6

14 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad

A fracture rules Dimitris Chantakias out for 32 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Flamurtari will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Jacques Mbé hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Flamurtari can pretend not to have heard.

In brief

32 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Dimitris Chantakias breaks a bone — 40 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 40 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Christ Evo Ememe asks to leave Flamurtari

“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.

Squad

Jacques Mbé in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamurtari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

29 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Dimitris Chantakias out for 62 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Flamurtari will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

Flamurtari sink to position 6

14 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Market

Luciano Squadrone puts it in writing

“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 Flamurtari, and it is not being withdrawn.

In brief

28 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Dimitris Chantakias out for 69 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Flamurtari will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Jacques Mbé asks to leave Flamurtari

“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.

Squad

Dimitris Chantakias in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamurtari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

27 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Dimitris Chantakias out for 76 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Flamurtari will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Archange Bintsouka puts it in writing

“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 Flamurtari, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Flamurtari

Jacques Mbé 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.

In brief

26 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Igor Aleksovski is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Igor Aleksovski: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Squad

A fracture rules Dimitris Chantakias out for 83 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Flamurtari will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

Flamurtari out of the cup

Partizani Tirana ended it 0‑0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Christ Evo Ememe

Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

12 unbeaten for Flamurtari

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Flamurtari did not have in the autumn.

Market

Christ Evo Ememe puts it in writing

“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 Flamurtari, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Jacques Mbé in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamurtari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

3 matches without a goal for Flamurtari

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Player ratings

Herald Marku misses from twelve yards

It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.

In brief

25 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Dimitris Chantakias out for 90 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Flamurtari will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

Every point is an argument now for Flamurtari

Position 6 and 14 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Market

Aldrit Oshafi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Flamurtari can pretend not to have heard.

In brief

24 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Dimitris Chantakias out for 97 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Flamurtari will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Jacques Mbé hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Flamurtari can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Cristian Núñez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamurtari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

23 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Dimitris Chantakias out for 104 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Flamurtari will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Luciano Squadrone asks to leave Flamurtari

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Flamurtari

Cristian Núñez 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.

In brief

20 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Christ Evo Ememe puts it in writing

“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 Flamurtari, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Jacques Mbé in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamurtari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

When it matters, Christ Evo Ememe plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

19 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Luciano Squadrone puts it in writing

“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 Flamurtari, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Alex Peralta keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Flamurtari may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Flamurtari

Jacques Mbé 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.

In brief

18 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

11 unbeaten for Flamurtari

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 11 matches without defeat is a foundation Flamurtari did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Jacques Mbé in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamurtari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom

Wages eat 124% of everything Flamurtari earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Squad

No hiding place for Archange Bintsouka

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

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Christ Evo Ememe

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Redi Kasa takes the honours

Marked 7.13 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Flamurtari had the best player on the pitch.

Squad

Jacques Mbé knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Flamurtari, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad

Hamza Ramani 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.

Match

No goals between Flamurtari and Tirana

Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Tirana will be the happier side with the point.

In brief

17 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near William Baeten

Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Flamurtari sink to position 6

13 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Match

10 unbeaten for Flamurtari

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Flamurtari did not have in the autumn.

Market

Aldrit Oshafi puts it in writing

“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 Flamurtari, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Flamurtari

Cristian Núñez 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.

Squad

Words at Flamurtari training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dimitris Chantakias 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.

Player ratings

Redi Kasa was the difference for Flamurtari

Marked 7.02. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

Squad

Jacques Mbé knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Jacques Mbé trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Squad

The division's best last weekend was a Flamurtari man

It is a small honour and it is not nothing: somebody watched every match in the division and decided that Redi Kasa was the best thing in any of them.

In brief

15 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

9 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Luciano Squadrone hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Flamurtari can pretend not to have heard.

Match

7 matches without a win for Flamurtari

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Flamurtari are no longer polite ones.

Match

7 matches without a goal for Flamurtari

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 7 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Flamurtari

The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Squad

Tempers go at Flamurtari

Cristian Núñez 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Todor Todoroski

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

William Baeten runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Words at Flamurtari training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hamza Ramani 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.

Match

Flamurtari draw a blank against Dinamo City

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Dinamo City defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

13 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Every point is an argument now for Flamurtari

Position 7 and 7 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Player ratings

Redi Kasa runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 33. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Christ Evo Ememe asks to leave Flamurtari

“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.

Match

5 matches without a win for Flamurtari

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Flamurtari are no longer polite ones.

Match

5 matches without a goal for Flamurtari

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 5 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Tempers go at Flamurtari

Jacques Mbé 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.

Match

Whatever happens, Flamurtari do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad

Lorenc Trashi 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.

Squad

Dimitris Chantakias gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

12 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Jacques Mbé hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Flamurtari can pretend not to have heard.

Match

4 matches without a win for Flamurtari

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Flamurtari are no longer polite ones.

Match

4 matches without a goal for Flamurtari

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Jacques Mbé in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamurtari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Redi Kasa

Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Words at Flamurtari training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lorenc Trashi 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.

Squad

When it matters, Christ Evo Ememe plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Match

Flamurtari and Egnatia Rrogozhinë cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Egnatia Rrogozhinë came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Squad

Archange Bintsouka knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Archange Bintsouka trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

11 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Luciano Squadrone puts it in writing

“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 Flamurtari, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Flamurtari

Jacques Mbé 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.

Match

The goals have deserted Flamurtari

3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Flamurtari can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad

Words at Flamurtari training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dimitris Chantakias 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bangaly Diawara

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Jacques Mbé knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Flamurtari, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

9 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near William Baeten

Successful dribbles: 45. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Christ Evo Ememe sends Flamurtari through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Christ Evo Ememe obliged against Dinamo City. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Flamurtari.

Match

Flamurtari sink to position 8

3 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Match

Cruel end for Dinamo City as Flamurtari pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Flamurtari scored in the 111th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Market

Christ Evo Ememe asks to leave Flamurtari

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Flamurtari

Cristian Núñez 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jacques Mbé

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Christ Evo Ememe

Marked 8.12 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

Jacques Mbé is still paying for one afternoon at Flamurtari

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

In brief

  • Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Eric Veiga
  • Squad Words at Flamurtari training over how hard people work
  • Player ratings A day to forget for Jacques Mbé
8 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Aldrit Oshafi puts it in writing

“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 Flamurtari, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

A muscle injury sidelines Redi Kasa for 15 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Flamurtari will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Match

4 matches without a win for Flamurtari

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Flamurtari are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Cristian Núñez in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamurtari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

4 matches without a goal for Flamurtari

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad

Cristian Núñez gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Flamurtari come up short against Dinamo City

Dinamo City left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near William Baeten

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

The plan did not have a place for Luciano Squadrone

Nobody at Flamurtari is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

In brief

7 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Luciano Squadrone puts it in writing

“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 Flamurtari, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near William Baeten

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Flamurtari cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Squad

Lorenc Trashi 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.

Match

Flamurtari draw a blank against Partizani Tirana

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Partizani Tirana defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Player ratings

Lorenc Trashi was immovable

11 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.

Squad

The plan did not have a place for Dimitris Chantakias

Nobody at Flamurtari is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

Market

The market said no: Hamza Ramani stays put

Flamurtari opened the door and nobody walked through it. So Hamza Ramani stays — listed, trained, and available — while both sides mark the days to January on the same calendar.

Squad

Redi Kasa is not doing himself any favours

A manager forgives a bad Saturday far more readily than a bad Tuesday, because one of them he can explain and the other one he chose. The reports this week have not been good.

In brief

6 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Todor Todoroski

14 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Flamurtari lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near William Baeten

Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Alessandro Bolzan hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Flamurtari can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Jacques Mbé in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamurtari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Vllaznia Shkodër take the points off Flamurtari

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Words at Flamurtari training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lorenc Trashi 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.

In brief

5 Edition

The Flamurtari Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Todor Todoroski

21 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Flamurtari lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near William Baeten

Successful dribbles: 33. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Hizdion Sulejmani asks to leave Flamurtari

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Flamurtari

Jacques Mbé 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.

Boardroom

1 academy players handed senior numbers at Flamurtari

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Market

Andi Xhabafti steps up from the Flamurtari academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andi Xhabafti 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.

Boardroom

No investment in the facilities at Flamurtari

Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.

Market

No place for Hamza Ramani in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Hamza Ramani has his answer from Flamurtari; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Match

Point won or two lost for Flamurtari?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Egnatia Rrogozhinë? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

In brief

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The Flamurtari Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Todor Todoroski

28 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Flamurtari lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Tirana come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Flamurtari did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Fjoraldo Bejdollari asks to leave Flamurtari

“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.

Squad

Jacques Mbé in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamurtari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Flamurtari training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lorenc Trashi 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.

Market

Denis Pjeshka told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Denis Pjeshka has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Flamurtari.

In brief