Albert Malaj

Central Defender - Modena
24 Oct 2035
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Marked for Albert Malaj

482 Edition

The Modena Sentinel

22 Oct 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match20 Oct 2035

The drought breaks for Modena

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

Squad22 Oct 2035

Tempers go at Modena

Mikael Egill Ellertsson 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.

Market22 Oct 2035

Mateo Balceda has one foot out of the door

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

Squad22 Oct 2035

Javier Boñar 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.

Match20 Oct 2035

Mduduzi Shabalala sends Modena past Torino

It finished 1‑0, and it was Mduduzi Shabalala’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Modena.

The dugout22 Oct 2035

A promise honoured at Modena

Something was said to Joaquín Canadell and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

The dugout22 Oct 2035

The view from the dugout

“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” David Heinrich, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.

Squad22 Oct 2035

Mduduzi Shabalala finally opens his account

He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Modena have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.

The dugout22 Oct 2035

Albert Malaj 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.

In brief

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The Dinamo Tbilisi Gazette

13 Nov 2034
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad13 Nov 2034

26 days out for Khvicha Tsitaishvili after a fracture

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

The dugout13 Nov 2034

Albert Malaj keeps the receipts

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

Squad13 Nov 2034

A falling-out at Dinamo Tbilisi

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

Squad13 Nov 2034

Words at Dinamo Tbilisi training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Felipe Esquivel 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 watch13 Nov 2034

Luka Rekhviashvili wants to come home

“I did not go to Telavi to sit and watch. I want to come back to Dinamo Tbilisi and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.

The dugout13 Nov 2034

When it matters, Mathew Gbomadu 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 dugout13 Nov 2034

Felipe Esquivel knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dinamo Tbilisi, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market13 Nov 2034

Still no signature from Clinton Dombila

3 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Dinamo Tbilisi could get for him.

Market13 Nov 2034

Dinamo Tbilisi and Davit Hakobyan 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.

In brief

390 Edition

The Dinamo Tbilisi Gazette

16 Jan 2034
From our football correspondent Steady

Market16 Jan 2034

Pedrinho has said yes to Spaeri

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Dinamo Tbilisi have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market16 Jan 2034

Felipe Alonso has one foot out of the door

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

Market16 Jan 2034

Andria Bartishvili wants more than Dinamo Tbilisi are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad16 Jan 2034

Tempers go at Dinamo Tbilisi

Kaden Braithwaite 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.

Squad16 Jan 2034

Words at Dinamo Tbilisi training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Clinton Dombila 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 targets16 Jan 2034

Dinamo Tbilisi rebuffed over Mateo Díaz Chaves

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Millonarios have kept their man, and Dinamo Tbilisi go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout16 Jan 2034

When it matters, Cian Hayes 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 dugout16 Jan 2034

Albert Malaj 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.

Market16 Jan 2034

The clock does Cian Hayes’s negotiating for him

3 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Dinamo Tbilisi could ask drops and the wages Cian Hayes can ask rise.

In brief