Molik Khan

Central Midfielder - Spartak Trnava
17 Jul 2028
Monday
Process

Marked for Molik Khan

92 Edition

The Spartak Trnava Herald

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Melos Bajrami is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Spartak Trnava is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at Spartak Trnava

Libor Holík 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

Kristián Koštrna 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.

In brief

Back issues
88 Edition

The Spartak Trnava Herald

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Divane Tchameni: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Spartak Trnava have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Melos Bajrami is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Spartak Trnava is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Tempers go at Spartak Trnava

Libor Holík 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

79 Edition

The Spartak Trnava Herald

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Abdulrahman Taiwo breaks a bone — 37 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 37 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Molik Khan says Spartak Trnava 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.

Squad

Libor Holík 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 Spartak Trnava this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

69 Edition

The Spartak Trnava Herald

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Nobody wins at Spartak Trnava

19 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Match

Spartak Trnava through in the cup

A 2‑0 win over AS Trencin, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad

Miloš Kratochvíl 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 Spartak Trnava this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Patrick Nwadike shuts the door

Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

Getting past Patrik Vasiľ has become the hardest job in the division

13 clean sheets and counting. Forwards used to back themselves here; now they shoot early, shoot wide, and look for somebody to blame.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Molik Khan

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Spartak Trnava see off Zlate Moravce

Three points for Spartak Trnava, 2‑0 the final word against Zlate Moravce in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

Rodrigo Burgos was immovable

19 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.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Roko Jureškin

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 18 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

In brief

57 Edition

The Spartak Trnava Herald

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Still nobody has beaten Spartak Trnava

The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Match

The run at home goes on for Spartak Trnava

13 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.

Player ratings

Branco Salinardi, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 7.82

A mark of 7.82 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Market

Spartak Trnava say no — this time

The offer from Ujpest for Dani Homet 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Spartak Trnava

Libor Holík 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.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Libor Holík

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Squad

Miloš Kratochvíl 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

Branco Salinardi sends Spartak Trnava past MFK Michalovce

It finished 1‑0, and it was Branco Salinardi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Spartak Trnava.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Philip Elayo Azango

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

56 Edition

The Spartak Trnava Herald

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Molik Khan keeps the receipts

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

Market

Timotej Kudlička 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 Spartak Trnava can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Whatever happens, Spartak Trnava do not lose

9 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

Libor Holík 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 Spartak Trnava this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Michal Tomič 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

Spartak Trnava get the job done against MFK Skalica

A 1‑0 win over MFK Skalica, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Philip Elayo Azango

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Player ratings

Marin Laušić was the difference for Spartak Trnava

Marked 7.84. 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

No hiding place for Erik Sabo

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

In brief

46 Edition

The AS Trencin Courier

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Markus Poom

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

Squad

Jean Pierre Fuentes breaks a bone — 73 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 73 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The terraces

Supporters turn on the $740.0K sale of Dimitri Jepihhin

He is going to MSK Zilina, the club has $740.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Squad

Real improvement from Matúš Sláviček at AS Trencin

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Matúš Sláviček is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Market

Dimitri Jepihhin moves on

MSK Zilina pay $740.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

Tempers go at AS Trencin

Pepijn Doesburg 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

46 Edition

The Spartak Trnava Herald

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Spartak Trnava sign Molik Khan for $670.0K

The paperwork is done: Molik Khan joins from AS Trencin in a deal worth $670.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Market

Spartak Trnava sign Dani Homet for $570.0K

The paperwork is done: Dani Homet joins from MSK Zilina in a deal worth $570.0K. Now comes the harder part.

Squad

Libor Holík 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 Spartak Trnava this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Real improvement from Patrik Vasiľ at Spartak Trnava

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Patrik Vasiľ is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

The terraces

Spartak Trnava spend $670.0K on the signing the town wanted

It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $670.0K for Molik Khan, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.

Squad

Michal Tomič 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.

In brief

45 Edition

The AS Trencin Courier

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Jean Pierre Fuentes breaks a bone — 80 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 80 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

MSK Zilina come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Pepijn Doesburg 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 AS Trencin this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

33 Edition

The AS Trencin Courier

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at AS Trencin

Pepijn Doesburg 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

Richard Križan 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.

Loan watch

Matúš Sláviček counts the days

“I watch every AS Trencin game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at MFK Skalica runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief

  • Squad The manager makes an example of Molik Khan
  • Squad Eynel has become a man the manager trusts
29 Edition

The AS Trencin Courier

15 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Lautaro Grosso says AS Trencin 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.

Squad

Tempers go at AS Trencin

Pepijn Doesburg 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 AS Trencin training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jean Pierre Fuentes 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

26 Edition

The AS Trencin Courier

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Molik Khan 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 AS Trencin, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at AS Trencin

Richard Križan 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

Jean Pierre Fuentes 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.

In brief

25 Edition

The AS Trencin Courier

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Cody David says AS Trencin 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.

Market

Zlate Moravce come back empty-handed

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

Squad

Tempers go at AS Trencin

Pepijn Doesburg 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

Richard Križan 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

Eynel has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at AS Trencin will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market

The shop window has Molik Khan in it

AS Trencin have let the market know Molik Khan can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

23 Edition

The AS Trencin Courier

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Franko Sabljić keeps the receipts

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

Squad

Richard Križan 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 AS Trencin this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

MFK Ruzomberok join the queue for Lukáš Mikulaj

Add another name to the list: MFK Ruzomberok have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Lukáš Mikulaj. The answer from AS Trencin has not changed — yet.

In brief

17 Edition

The AS Trencin Courier

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Andrija Katić keeps AS Trencin in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

AS Trencin bow out of the cup

Spartak Trnava go through and AS Trencin go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Market

Loïc Bessilé has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around AS Trencin they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match

The wait goes on for AS Trencin

5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Squad

Richard Križan 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 AS Trencin this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at AS Trencin training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jean Pierre Fuentes 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

Molik Khan runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Jinřich Musil wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and AS Trencin know it.

Match

AS Trencin and DAC Dunajska Streda take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief