The Mlada Boleslav Chronicle
Market19 Jul 2027
Matouš Krulich agrees terms with Podbrezova
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Mlada Boleslav people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Mlada Boleslav
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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Mlada Boleslav training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alberto Del Moral 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.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Viktoria Plzen tell Mlada Boleslav: Adrian Zeljković 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Mlada Boleslav
David Kozel and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Tomáš Král gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market19 Jul 2027
Daniel Sima steps up from the Mlada Boleslav academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Sima 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
Mlada Boleslav promote Karel Barak from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Karel Barak 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Antonin Darida joins the Mlada Boleslav first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Antonin Darida is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Mlada Boleslav are still strangers to each other
- The dugout David Kozel has become a man the manager trusts
- Looking ahead Denis Donát faces his old club