The Balzan Post
Squad3 May 2027
97 days out for Samir Arab after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Balzan will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Transfer targets3 May 2027
Andi Hysneli due for a Balzan medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad3 May 2027
Words at Balzan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oluwatobiloba Dimeji Awosanya 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.
The dugout3 May 2027
No hiding place for Mpendulo Ntuli
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mpendulo Ntuli, and the manager let it.
Squad3 May 2027
No place for Stanley Skipper in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Balzan are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Market3 May 2027
Talks stall between Balzan and Stanley Skipper
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Market The Sveinn Sigurður Jóhannesson talk will not go away
- Squad Emmanuel Mbong moves up the pecking order
- Market Balzan pick up Stanley Skipper for nothing