The Mlada Boleslav Chronicle
Squad12 Jul 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Tomas Masopust
42 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Mlada Boleslav lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market12 Jul 2027
Táborsko come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Mlada Boleslav did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom12 Jul 2027
Mlada Boleslav go back to the board over David Štětka
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $33.4K — a club that wants David Štětka enough to be asked twice.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Tomáš Král signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tomáš Král commits to Mlada Boleslav for another 4 years.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Mlada Boleslav
Ondřej Karafiát 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 targets12 Jul 2027
Mlada Boleslav bid $30.0K for David Štětka
The offer went to Jihlava this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market12 Jul 2027
Jan Zíka moves on
Bohemians 1905 pay $240.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Mlada Boleslav
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Solomon John was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Door shut on Lukáš Pešl
Mlada Boleslav asked and Slovan Liberec said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Tomáš Král
- Market Bohemians 1905 join the queue for Filip Lehký
- Transfer targets Mlada Boleslav try to borrow Alexandr Koksharov