The Vlašim Chronicle
Market23 Jul 2029
Mamadou Koné is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Vlašim is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom23 Jul 2029
Vlašim to lose Mamadou Koné for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Mamadou Koné has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad23 Jul 2029
Rafa Soares in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Vlašim this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom23 Jul 2029
Graduation day at Vlašim
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.
Market23 Jul 2029
Jakub Dufek moves on
Dukla Prague 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.
Transfer targets23 Jul 2029
Vlašim rebuffed over Filip Nalezinek
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Pardubice have kept their man, and Vlašim go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market23 Jul 2029
One of our own: Ondrej Cerny joins the Vlašim first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ondrej Cerny is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Jul 2029
Vlašim promote Ondrej Cerny from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ondrej Cerny 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.
Match21 Jul 2029
Vlašim come up short against Zlin
Zlin left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Michael Kühnel
- Boardroom A promise the Vlašim board did not keep
- The dugout Ales Vydra: “No excuses”