The Dunav Ruse Chronicle
Market30 Aug 2027
CSKA Sofia come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Dunav Ruse did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Dunav Ruse
Chidera Micheal 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.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Dunav Ruse
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Fabrice N'Sakala was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Door shut on Joël Zwarts
Dunav Ruse asked and CSKA Sofia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match28 Aug 2027
A bad afternoon for Dunav Ruse against Vihren
0‑2 to Vihren, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market30 Aug 2027
Ivaylo Nedelchev attracts admirers
The name of Ivaylo Nedelchev has come up in conversations Dunav Ruse were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Dunav Ruse lose Boris Nedelev
30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Tiago André 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 dugout30 Aug 2027
Danail Nedelev faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Danail Nedelev after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
- The dugout A promise honoured for Boris Gruev
- Player ratings Tiago André beats them one at a time
- The dugout Vladimir Gogov asks for a word with the manager