The Arda Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Anatoli Gospodinov
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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Vintage Birsent Karagaren — 8.31
At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.31, and nobody on the pitch better.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shooting Stars come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Arda did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Arda go back to the board over Simeon Slavchev
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $33.4K — a club that wants Simeon Slavchev enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ali Aruna due for a Arda medical
Everything agreed with Septemvri, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stanislav Ivanov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Stanislav Ivanov and Arda agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Arda make their move for Simeon Slavchev
$31.0K on the table at Lokomotiv Sofia. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Georgi Nikolov again
The phone has started ringing about Georgi Nikolov again, and this time the name on the line is Sportist Svoge. Arda are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Lokomotiv Plovdiv tell Arda: Julien Lamy 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
- Market Arda promote Momchil Marcelinho from within
- Market Boris Delev steps up from the Arda academy
- Match Birsent Karagaren sends Arda past Levski