The Levski Chronicle
Match17 Jul 2027
Nobody wins at Levski
18 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Market19 Jul 2027
Not going: Nikola Serafimov stays at Levski
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Fehervar had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Maicon frozen out at Levski
This is not rotation. Maicon has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Levski is pretending otherwise.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Gonçalo Barros keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Levski may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Botev Vratsa tell Levski: Martin Petkov 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Levski
Marko Grujić and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market19 Jul 2027
David Kusso attracts admirers
The name of David Kusso has come up in conversations Levski were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Levski
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Levski training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maicon 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
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Giorgos Athanasiadis
- Market One of our own: Vladimir Aleksandrov joins the Levski first team
- Market Zdravko Petkov steps up from the Levski academy