The Lokomotiv Plovdiv Gazette
Market22 Feb 2027
Lokomotiv Plovdiv say no — this time
The offer from Metalist for Nasko Milev 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Bojan Milosavljević 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Anton Fase was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Lucas Ryan
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lucas Ryan, and the manager let it.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Mariyan Vangelov has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Lokomotiv Plovdiv 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.
Market22 Feb 2027
The Parvizjon Umarbaev question follows Lokomotiv Plovdiv around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Parvizjon Umarbaev’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Martin Ruskov 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 Martin Ruskov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Umut Habil has had enough of the bench
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Lokomotiv Plovdiv will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Bernardo Antunes 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 Lokomotiv Plovdiv would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
In brief
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Anton Fase
- Match A season winding down at Lokomotiv Plovdiv