The Skënderbeu Korçë Post
Market15 Nov 2027
Only the photograph left for Lucho Vásquez
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Lucho Vásquez will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Skënderbeu Korçë the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The dugout15 Nov 2027
Hetem Uldedaj says Skënderbeu Korçë went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Skënderbeu Korçë
Esin Hakaj was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Words at Skënderbeu Korçë training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Edwin Ayiba 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.
The dugout15 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Harrison Jiakponna
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom15 Nov 2027
Wages eat 98% of everything Skënderbeu Korçë earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Skënderbeu Korçë are still strangers to each other
8 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
Boardroom15 Nov 2027
The numbers do not look good at Skënderbeu Korçë
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
The dugout15 Nov 2027
Paulo Estrela asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- The dugout A promise honoured for Justice Apaingolo
- Squad Baba Hamadu Musa named player of the week
- Looking ahead A reunion for Aristidi Kolaj