The MTK Budapest Courier
Squad8 Feb 2027
A row about effort at MTK Budapest
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mihály Kata was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
MTK Budapest rebuffed over Botond Vajda
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Debrecen have kept their man, and MTK Budapest go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at MTK Budapest
Stipe Radić 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
MTK Budapest promote David Bese from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Bese 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Roland Sallai steps up from the MTK Budapest academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Roland Sallai 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Szabolcs Dibusz joins the MTK Budapest first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Szabolcs Dibusz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Bence Nagy steps up from the MTK Budapest academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bence Nagy 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.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Krisztián Hegyi 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.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Stipe Radić knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Stipe Radić trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- The dugout Imre Antal Széles has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout A door opens for János Szépe
- Squad Lazar Radojičić takes up the language