The Flamurtari Chronicle
Market28 Aug 2028
Hetem Lushaj 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 The request is on a desk at Flamurtari, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings28 Aug 2028
Christ Evo Ememe was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 29. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market28 Aug 2028
Flamurtari say no — this time
The offer from Vora for Christ Evo Ememe was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad28 Aug 2028
6 saves: Igor Aleksovski was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
A new deal for Ermal Pjeshka
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad28 Aug 2028
A falling-out at Flamurtari
Jacques Mbé and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Flamurtari
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Burreli tell Flamurtari: Elias Aarflot 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.
Market28 Aug 2028
Flamurtari promote Denis Gurishta from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Denis Gurishta 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 Flamur Kallaku steps up from the Flamurtari academy
- Boardroom Flamurtari let a promise lapse
- The dugout No hiding place for Hetem Lushaj