The Spartak 1918 Post
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Valentin Dimitrov says Spartak 1918 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.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Damyan Yordanov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Damyan Yordanov, and the manager let it.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Spartak 1918
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aleksandar Yanchev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
When it matters, Emmanuel John plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Dimo Krastev 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 Dimo Krastev trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“I want to play”: Ivan Aleksiev speaks
“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.
In brief
- Market Tsvetoslav Marinov linked with a move away
- Squad The training reports on Aleksandar Aleksandrov are not good
- Squad Saad Moukachar back in training