The Dunav Ruse Chronicle
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Cătălin Itu due for a Dunav Ruse medical
Everything agreed with CSKA Sofia, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Danila Shilov turns down Dunav Ruse
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Dinamo Stavropol keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Mihail Minkov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mihail Minkov and Dunav Ruse agree another 2 years.
Squad5 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Dunav Ruse
Georgi Aleksandrov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Words at Dunav Ruse training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ventsislav Bengyuzov 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.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Botev Plovdiv tell Dunav Ruse: Henrique Jocú is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Ivan Goshev
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ivan Goshev, and the manager let it.
Market5 Jul 2027
Dunav Ruse and Georgi Aleksandrov are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Dunav Ruse ask about Lyubomir Kostov
A loan enquiry to Slavia Sofia: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Boardroom Dunav Ruse sign 6 boys into the academy
- Squad Carl Nygaard slips down the pecking order
- The dugout Dánial Mørkøre knocks on the manager’s door