The Welco Courier
Squad6 Aug 2029
Markus Johannes Leivategija breaks a bone — 97 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 97 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout6 Aug 2029
Fadiga Badjie frozen out at Welco
This is not rotation. Fadiga Badjie has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Welco is pretending otherwise.
Market6 Aug 2029
Only the photograph left for Vladislav Petrov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Vladislav Petrov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Welco the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market6 Aug 2029
Liliu Marin hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Welco can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets6 Aug 2029
Bubacarr Tambedou is a medical away from Welco
The deal with Kuressaare is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad6 Aug 2029
A falling-out at Welco
Markus Johannes Leivategija and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad6 Aug 2029
Gregor Lehtmets falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout6 Aug 2029
The manager makes an example of Denis Lotkov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout6 Aug 2029
Antonis Tsiaras knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Welco, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market The Markus Johannes Leivategija story refuses to die
- Squad Antonis Tsiaras handed the armband
- Market Karol Ojamaa leaves for nothing