The Mosta Post
Squad30 Aug 2027
The knee: Matthew Bolaños out for 107 days
107 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Mosta lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market30 Aug 2027
Terms done: João Victor is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Vittoriosa Stars waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Mosta is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A one-man rearguard from Akpan Udoh
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Emmanuel Ugwu: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Mosta have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Mosta agree $130.0K for Edoardo Colombo
The clubs have shaken hands with Gzira United; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Market30 Aug 2027
Anse Ngoubi asks to leave Mosta
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Mosta
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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Eyes on Azer Kozić again
The phone has started ringing about Azer Kozić again, and this time the name on the line is Floriana. Mosta are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Hibernians tell Mosta: Miullen 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.
In brief
- Squad Simon Zibo falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market Mark Mintoff steps up from the Mosta academy
- The dugout Prince Afriyie gets it from the manager