Leon Myrtaj

Striker - Debrecen U20
23 Oct 2029
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83 Edition

The Debrecen Gazette

28 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad28 Feb 2028

81 days out for Ivan Filipović after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Debrecen will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad28 Feb 2028

Georges Tjomb gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Georges Tjomb has just signed for Debrecen, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad28 Feb 2028

Words at Debrecen training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dermane Karim 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.

Loan watch28 Feb 2028

Plamen Andreev’s loan is measured in nothing happening

12 clean sheets from 29 appearances at CSKA Sofia. That is the whole of a goalkeeper’s job done properly, and it is being done a long way from the club that owns him.

Squad28 Feb 2028

A falling-out at Debrecen

Tibor Lippai and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Loan watch28 Feb 2028

Leon Myrtaj has seen enough of BVSC-Zugló

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Debrecen, and 5 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout28 Feb 2028

Gleofilo has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Debrecen 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 dugout28 Feb 2028

The manager makes an example of Benedek Erdélyi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market28 Feb 2028

The Florent Hadergjonaj story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Florent Hadergjonaj signs something — a contract at Debrecen or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

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79 Edition

The Debrecen Gazette

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad31 Jan 2028

Ivan Filipović breaks a bone — 114 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 114 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Words exchanged at Debrecen

Daniil Sukhoruchko 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.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Dermane Karim 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 targets31 Jan 2028

Universitatea Cluj tell Debrecen: Atanas Trică 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.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Mátyás Vidnyánszky stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Mátyás Vidnyánszky and Debrecen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Loan watch31 Jan 2028

Leon Myrtaj has seen enough of BVSC-Zugló

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Debrecen, and 5 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.

Loan watch31 Jan 2028

Plamen Andreev’s loan is measured in nothing happening

10 clean sheets from 26 appearances at CSKA Sofia. That is the whole of a goalkeeper’s job done properly, and it is being done a long way from the club that owns him.

The dugout31 Jan 2028

When it matters, Gleofilo 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.

Market31 Jan 2028

The Florent Hadergjonaj story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Florent Hadergjonaj signs something — a contract at Debrecen or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

75 Edition

The Debrecen Gazette

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match1 Jan 2028

The drought breaks for Debrecen

17 without a win is the sort of run that changes how a town talks about its club, and MTK Budapest were the afternoon it stopped. Nothing is fixed by one result and everything feels different by one.

Market3 Jan 2028

Benedek Erdélyi asks to leave Debrecen

“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.

Squad3 Jan 2028

A falling-out at Debrecen

Daniil Sukhoruchko and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad3 Jan 2028

A row about effort at Debrecen

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

Match1 Jan 2028

Debrecen see off MTK Budapest

Three points for Debrecen, 2‑1 the final word against MTK Budapest in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Loan watch3 Jan 2028

Leon Myrtaj has seen enough of BVSC-Zugló

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Debrecen, and 4 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad3 Jan 2028

Goal number 50 for Gleofilo

50 goals in these colours now, every one of them somebody’s memory. There is a supporter in the stand who can tell you where he was for most of them.

Player ratings3 Jan 2028

Gleofilo in the eights

A performance of 8.14 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings3 Jan 2028

Dermane Karim runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

In brief

71 Edition

The Debrecen Gazette

6 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match4 Dec 2027

13 matches without a win for Debrecen

The run now stands at 13, and the questions being asked around Debrecen are no longer polite ones.

Squad6 Dec 2027

A falling-out at Debrecen

Ádám Lang and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad6 Dec 2027

A row about effort at Debrecen

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

Player ratings6 Dec 2027

Gleofilo ran the middle of the pitch — 6.75

He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 12 combined actions and a mark of 6.75, and not one of them will make a highlights package.

Loan watch6 Dec 2027

Leon Myrtaj wants to come home

“I did not go to BVSC-Zugló to sit and watch. I want to come back to Debrecen and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.

The dugout6 Dec 2027

No hiding place for Zsombor Menyhárt

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Zsombor Menyhárt, and the manager let it.

Squad6 Dec 2027

Benedek Erdélyi slips down the pecking order

The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Benedek Erdélyi is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.

The dugout6 Dec 2027

Half-satisfied: Adam Szoboszlai on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

The dugout6 Dec 2027

Gleofilo 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 Gleofilo is on it.

In brief