Jean Batoum

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Zaglebie
7 Jul 2029
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Marked for Jean Batoum

149 Edition

The Zaglebie Herald

4 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom4 Jun 2029

Up they go: Zaglebie promoted

Confirmed, mathematical, and a town awake all night. Whatever else the season contained, it finishes a division higher than it started.

Market4 Jun 2029

Jean Batoum 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 The request is on a desk at Zaglebie, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market4 Jun 2029

Dominik Sokół attracts admirers

The name of Dominik Sokół has come up in conversations Zaglebie were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad4 Jun 2029

Words exchanged at Zaglebie

Stelios Andreou 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 dugout4 Jun 2029

Jakub Kolan frozen out at Zaglebie

This is not rotation. Jakub Kolan has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Zaglebie is pretending otherwise.

Squad4 Jun 2029

Mihael Mlinarić 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.

Transfer targets4 Jun 2029

Door shut on Diego García

Zaglebie asked and PAOK said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market4 Jun 2029

No place for Wojciech Mońka in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Wojciech Mońka has his answer from Zaglebie; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

Squad4 Jun 2029

A step back for Josip Ćorluka at Zaglebie

Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.

In brief

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144 Edition

The Zaglebie Herald

30 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Match30 Apr 2029

Nobody above Zaglebie

First, on 71 points. The table is a fact and a fact is allowed to be enjoyed, which is as far as anybody at the club is prepared to go in public.

Market30 Apr 2029

Jean Batoum 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 Zaglebie, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Damian Michalski frozen out at Zaglebie

This is not rotation. Damian Michalski has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Zaglebie is pretending otherwise.

Squad30 Apr 2029

Tempers go at Zaglebie

Denis Vavro 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.

Squad30 Apr 2029

Mihael Mlinarić 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.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Aleks Ławniczak 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.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Wojciech Mońka has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Zaglebie 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.

The dugout30 Apr 2029

Piotr Starzyński 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.

Market30 Apr 2029

Josip Ćorluka linked with a move away

The name of Josip Ćorluka keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Zaglebie say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

64 Edition

The Zaglebie Herald

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match13 Oct 2027

Cup progress for Zaglebie

A 3‑0 win over Korona, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

The dugout18 Oct 2027

João Moutinho keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Zaglebie may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market18 Oct 2027

Michalis Kosidis asks to leave Zaglebie

“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.

Squad18 Oct 2027

3 goals for Jean Batoum

The match ball belongs to Jean Batoum, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Market18 Oct 2027

Wojciech Mońka has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Zaglebie they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad18 Oct 2027

Words exchanged at Zaglebie

Dominik Hładun 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.

Player ratings18 Oct 2027

One of those days for Jean Batoum

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.29, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad18 Oct 2027

A row about effort at Zaglebie

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

The terraces18 Oct 2027

One of their own: Lukasz Linetty

He is 16 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

In brief