The Jihlava Post
Market19 Jul 2027
Emir Tonbul 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 The request is on a desk at Jihlava, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Graduation day at Jihlava
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Jihlava
Jan Kvída 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Lukas Darida joins the Jihlava first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lukas Darida is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Jul 2027
Jihlava promote Tomas Masopust from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tomas Masopust has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Jul 2027
Tomas Cerny steps up from the Jihlava academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tomas Cerny has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Words at Jihlava training over how hard people work
- Boardroom Jihlava are making the ground bigger
- Squad No hiding place for Rodrigo Soria
- Squad When it matters, Matyáš Miška plays