The Montana Gazette
Squad5 Jun 2028
Vitinho 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.
Market5 Jun 2028
Yonatan Fridman asks to leave Montana
“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.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Yonatan Fridman gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Yonatan Fridman has just signed for Montana, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A falling-out at Montana
Vajebah Sakor and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad5 Jun 2028
A row about effort at Montana
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tomás Azevedo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout5 Jun 2028
No hiding place for Márcio Rosa
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Márcio Rosa, and the manager let it.
Transfer targets5 Jun 2028
A loan move for João Silva is in the works
Montana have made the call to Ludogorets. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets5 Jun 2028
Montana ask about Ognyan Vladimirov
A loan enquiry to Levski: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets5 Jun 2028
Montana ask about Petar Prindzhev
A loan enquiry to Spartak 1918: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Market Montana buy the years ahead of Yonatan Fridman
- Market Montana sign Zvonimir Pasalic, one for the future
- The dugout Márcio Rosa gets picked when it counts