Marked for Tomás Aristizábal
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad22 Feb 2027
Matej Hamsik 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 FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at FK Senica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tomás Aristizábal 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Too much change too quickly at FK Senica
7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
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Uneasy
Squad15 Feb 2027
Milan Bero 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Tomás Aristizábal 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 watch15 Feb 2027
“I watch every FK Senica game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Zlate Moravce runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
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Uneasy
Squad18 Jan 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” FK Senica may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad18 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Vladimir Gyomber 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
“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.
Market11 Jan 2027
FK Senica say no — this time
The offer from Slovan Bratislava for Erik Valjent 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A move Tomás Aristizábal would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Tomás Aristizábal is living that version at FK Senica, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Milan Bero 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 FK Senica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at FK Senica training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bamba Diarrassouba 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.
Loan watch11 Jan 2027
“I did not go to Zlate Moravce to sit and watch. I want to come back to FK Senica and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 22 matches say the rest.