Cheick Kone

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Slavia Sofia
10 Sep 2028
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Marked for Cheick Kone

90 Edition

The Slavia Sofia Sentinel

17 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad17 Apr 2028

A fracture rules Dimitar Burov out for 54 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Slavia Sofia will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad17 Apr 2028

A row about effort at Slavia Sofia

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lazar Marin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad17 Apr 2028

Words exchanged at Slavia Sofia

Nikita Vershinin 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.

The dugout17 Apr 2028

Karl Fabien gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Karl Fabien is on it.

Market17 Apr 2028

The Iliyan Stefanov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Slavia Sofia know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout17 Apr 2028

A door opens for Lazar Marin

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

Back issues
89 Edition

The Slavia Sofia Sentinel

10 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad10 Apr 2028

Dimitar Burov breaks a bone — 61 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 61 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market10 Apr 2028

Ivan Andonov puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Slavia Sofia, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad10 Apr 2028

Tempers go at Slavia Sofia

Karl Fabien 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.

Squad10 Apr 2028

Cheick Kone arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Cheick Kone has, at Slavia Sofia, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad10 Apr 2028

Lazar Marin 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.

Market10 Apr 2028

The Lévi Ntumba talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Slavia Sofia know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout10 Apr 2028

When it matters, Nikolay Mikov 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.

Market10 Apr 2028

Cheick Kone joins Slavia Sofia on a free

No fee and no drama: Cheick Kone has signed at Slavia Sofia, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.

The dugout10 Apr 2028

Aleksandar Petrov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

14 Edition

The Bylis Chronicle

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad2 Nov 2026

Tempers go at Bylis

Gjorgi Stoilov 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.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Pedro Vieira gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Cheick Kone named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Cheick Kone is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Player ratings2 Nov 2026

Walisson Nem was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

The dugout2 Nov 2026

Harallamb Sota on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Harallamb Sota after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Looking ahead2 Nov 2026

Bylis take on the side everybody is chasing

Egnatia Rrogozhinë arrive as leaders. A side at the top is beaten roughly once a month, and the club that does it gets a week it remembers for a year.

Squad2 Nov 2026

Player of the week: Olávio Olávio

Somebody watched every match in the division at the weekend and decided he was the best thing in any of them. A small honour, and most careers end without one.

Squad2 Nov 2026

A Bylis teenager takes the young player award

Olamilekan Adeduro is 20, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.

Match31 Oct 2026

Bylis and AF Elbasani cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. AF Elbasani came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief