The CSKA 1948 Chronicle
The terraces19 Jul 2027
CSKA 1948 sell a favourite for $1.1M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Marcelino Ñamandú was one of the reasons people came, and $1.1M does not replace that by itself.
Market19 Jul 2027
Business is business: Marcelino Ñamandú goes
Levski paid $1.1M and CSKA 1948 took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at CSKA 1948
Yohann Magnin 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.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at CSKA 1948
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad19 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Borislav Tsonev
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Borislav Tsonev, and the manager let it.
Market19 Jul 2027
Valentin Aleksandrov steps up from the CSKA 1948 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentin Aleksandrov 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Ivan Despodov steps up from the CSKA 1948 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Despodov 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
CSKA 1948 promote Stoycho Minev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stoycho Minev 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at CSKA 1948 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dragan Grivić is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Squad Anatoli Gospodinov dropped after a run of poor form
- Match Mamadou Diallo rescues a point for CSKA 1948
- Player ratings Borislav Tsonev runs at them all day