The Podbrezova Sentinel
Market14 Sep 2026
Ousman Kujabi hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Podbrezova can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Sep 2026
Podbrezova turn down LNZ for Maksym Khiminets
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Balša Mrvaljević signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Balša Mrvaljević commits to Podbrezova for another 4 years.
Match12 Sep 2026
Podbrezova come up short against MSK Zilina
MSK Zilina left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Karviná tell Podbrezova: Kahuan Vinícius 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 dugout14 Sep 2026
Balša Mrvaljević 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 dugout14 Sep 2026
Jakub Bero answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Podbrezova
Jakub Řehák 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Andriy Havrylenko 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.
In brief
- The dugout Balša Mrvaljević has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad No place for Miguel García in the new shape
- Market The Luka Silagadze question follows Podbrezova around