The Púchov Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
Oskar Jelínek signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Oskar Jelínek commits to Púchov for another 4 years.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
AS Trencin tell Púchov: Clement Ansah 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Púchov
Nicolas Martinek and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
One of their own: Štěpán Marcaník
He is 21 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Marcus Traore was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Púchov training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Štěpán Marcaník 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
No place for Tomáš Vantruba in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Púchov are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Púchov and Tomáš Vantruba
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Púchov try to borrow Alex Húdok
AS Trencin have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for František Kóša is in the works
- Player ratings Štěpán Marcaník stands above it all
- The dugout The manager’s verdict