The Slovan Bratislava Post
Market19 Apr 2027
Only the photograph left for Artur Gajdoš
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Artur Gajdoš will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Slovan Bratislava the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad19 Apr 2027
A row about effort at Slovan Bratislava
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Cesar Blackman was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Slovan Bratislava lose Stefan Duda
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Kevin Wimmer in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Slovan Bratislava this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Sandro Cruz has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Slovan Bratislava will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market19 Apr 2027
Suleiman Camara linked with a move away
The name of Suleiman Camara keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Slovan Bratislava say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
A door opens for Cristian Martínez
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Florian Essombé still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Slovan Bratislava would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Florian Essombé asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- The dugout Kevin Wimmer keeps his manager's vote
- Boardroom Slovan Bratislava board back the manager
- Loan watch Danylo Ignatenko is watching from the bench at Obolon