The Hradec Králové Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
$3.2M settles it between the clubs for Michal Kohút
Banik Ostrava have accepted the money. What Hradec Králové do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Vintage Vladimír Darida — 8.04
At 36 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.04, and nobody on the pitch better.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hradec Králové turn down Ústí nad Labem for Adam Vlkanova
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Aboubacar Traoré gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Aboubacar Traoré has just signed for Hradec Králové, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniel Trubač stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniel Trubač and Hradec Králové agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sparta Prague tell Hradec Králové: Sebastián Zajac 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Hradec Králové agree a free transfer for Matúš Kmeť
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jan Krejci steps up from the Hradec Králové academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jan Krejci 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hradec Králové promote Vladimir Barak from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vladimir Barak 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.
In brief
- Market Hradec Králové promote Adam Cerny from within
- Match Vladimír Darida the difference as Hradec Králové beat Slovan Liberec
- Player ratings Daniel Trubač beats them one at a time