Facundo Alarcón

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Beroe
24 Mar 2030
Sunday
Process

Marked for Facundo Alarcón

190 Edition

The Beroe Post

18 Mar 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Facundo Alarcón says Beroe 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 Beroe

Juan Carlos Pineda 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

Dimitar Tsvetanov out for 39 days

The medical room confirms 39 days on the sidelines for Dimitar Tsvetanov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

Back issues
183 Edition

The Beroe Post

28 Jan 2030
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Arthur

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market

Wesley Dual 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 The request is on a desk at Beroe, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Beroe

Edvin Kurtuluş 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

Nene runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Preslav Borukov

16 goals and a season average of 7.21 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Match

A bad afternoon for Beroe against Lokomotiv Sofia

1‑2 to Lokomotiv Sofia, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bence Varga

“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 Preslav Borukov

Marked 8.13 — 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.

Market

Lukáš Bartošák placed on the list

Beroe have made Lukáš Bartošák available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

161 Edition

The Beroe Post

27 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Arthur

There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Tempers go at Beroe

Edvin Kurtuluş 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

Beroe come up short against Ludogorets

Ludogorets left with the points after a 2‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Lukáš Bartošák

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

Player ratings

A masterclass from Juan Carlos Pineda

Marked 8.62 — 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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Preslav Borukov

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.04, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ismael Ferrer

Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

The Edvin Kurtuluş talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Beroe know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Facundo Alarcón

A mark of 5.65 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

145 Edition

The Beroe Post

7 May 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Augusto Dabo 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 Beroe, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Edvin Kurtuluş raises the bar for Beroe

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Beroe heard it as anything else.

Market

Yesid Valbuena is on his way

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

Squad

Diamantis Chouchoumis signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Diamantis Chouchoumis and Beroe agree another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Beroe

Francisco Varela 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

Beroe release $991.3K for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Squad

Jaume Valens 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.

Market

Edvin Kurtuluş linked with a move away

The name of Edvin Kurtuluş keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Beroe say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Facundo Alarcón asks for a word with the manager

“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.

In brief

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  • Boardroom Beroe board back the manager
138 Edition

The Beroe Post

19 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Šimon Jalovičor keeps the receipts

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

Market

Miroslav Georgiev is on his way

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

Squad

Francisco Varela 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 Beroe this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

109 Edition

The Beroe Post

28 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Tempers go at Beroe

Juan Carlos Pineda 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

Leo Torres runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Dobrudzha watching Yesid Valbuena

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Beroe have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Match

A bad afternoon for Beroe against Botev Vratsa

0‑1 to Botev Vratsa, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Caio Lopes 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.

Market

Arda are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Beroe will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Player ratings

Preslav Borukov keeps on missing

Shots: 12, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Market

The Edvin Kurtuluş story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Edvin Kurtuluş signs something — a contract at Beroe or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad

Facundo Alarcón 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 Facundo Alarcón trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

102 Edition

The Beroe Post

10 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Zhivodar Zhekov asks to leave Beroe

“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

Juan Carlos Pineda 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 Beroe this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Facundo Alarcón signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Facundo Alarcón and Beroe agree another 3 years.

In brief

93 Edition

The Beroe Post

8 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Dmitry Yefremov is on his way

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

Squad

Tempers go at Beroe

Preslav Borukov 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

No hiding place for Facundo Alarcón

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

Market

Francisco Varela linked with a move away

The name of Francisco Varela keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Beroe say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Édgar Games still has not settled

A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Beroe would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.

Squad

Augusto Dabo 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 Augusto Dabo trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief