The Spartak 1918 Post
Squad8 Mar 2027
33 days out for Tsvetelin Chunchukov after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Spartak 1918 will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Angel Granchov stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Angel Granchov and Spartak 1918 agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Diogo Martins arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Diogo Martins has, at Spartak 1918, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Spartak 1918
Lyubomir Kostov 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
A long bet from Spartak 1918 on Danilo
He is 20, and nobody at Spartak 1918 signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
Vasco Oliveira 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 Vasco Oliveira trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Valentin Dimitrov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Valentin Dimitrov, and the manager let it.
Market8 Mar 2027
The Xande story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Xande signs something — a contract at Spartak 1918 or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
The Vladimir Mendes rumours reach the terraces
What was a back-page link has become a chant, and the chant is not friendly. Spartak 1918 would rather it were settled quietly, and it has stopped being quiet.
In brief
- Market Spartak 1918 pick up Diogo Martins for nothing
- Market The stand keeps filling up for Vladimir Mendes
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Xande