The Viktoria Plzen Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Viktoria Plzen say no — this time
The offer from Ural for Prince Adu Kwabena was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sparta Prague join the queue for Viktor Baier
Add another name to the list: Sparta Prague have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Viktor Baier. The answer from Viktoria Plzen has not changed — yet.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Karel Spáčil shuts the door
Defensive actions: 25, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Market10 Aug 2026
Matěj Vydra wants more than Viktoria Plzen 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Matyáš Šilhavý signs for Sigma Olomouc while still at Viktoria Plzen
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Matyáš Šilhavý has agreed terms with Sigma Olomouc for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sampson Dweh signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sampson Dweh and Viktoria Plzen agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Viktoria Plzen
Sampson Dweh 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Dominik Ťapaj moves on
Sparta Prague pay $310.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Viktoria Plzen training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Václav Jemelka 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.
In brief
- Match Amar Memić sends Viktoria Plzen past Zbrojovka Brno
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Prince Adu Kwabena
- Player ratings Amar Memić stands above it all