The Pogradeci Sentinel
The terraces10 Sep 2029
Anger at Pogradeci spills outside the ground
It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.
Squad10 Sep 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Maxim Polkovnikov
54 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Pogradeci lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad10 Sep 2029
32 days out for Mustapha Benzia after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Pogradeci will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market10 Sep 2029
Daniel Coufal puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Pogradeci, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Sep 2029
Tempers go at Pogradeci
Klevis Hasanbelli 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.
Transfer targets10 Sep 2029
Tirana tell Pogradeci: Alvin Mahmutaj 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.
Squad10 Sep 2029
A row about effort at Pogradeci
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ibrahim Ajasa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Sep 2029
Klevis Hasanbelli already looking beyond Pogradeci
He signed expecting a bigger stage than the one he found. It has not taken long, and it has not taken the dressing room long to notice either.
Boardroom10 Sep 2029
Embargo at Pogradeci
No fees may be paid for anybody, whatever the squad needs. Every rumour about this club until it lifts is a rumour about a deal that cannot be done.
In brief
- Boardroom The borrowing at Pogradeci reaches $7.5M
- Market Talks stall between Pogradeci and Rezart Sefa
- Market Pogradeci buy the years ahead of Bogdan Ariton