The Slovan Bratislava Post
Squad19 Jul 2027
Mathew Yakubu damages knee ligaments — 88 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 88 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Slovan Bratislava rebuffed over Emam Ashour
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Al Ahly have kept their man, and Slovan Bratislava go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Slovan Bratislava
Danylo Ignatenko 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.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Slovan Bratislava
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Svetozar Marković falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Andrej Duda joins the Slovan Bratislava first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andrej Duda is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Jul 2027
Slovan Bratislava promote Martin Mazuch from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Martin Mazuch 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Slovan Bratislava promote Peter Nemec from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Peter Nemec 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Patrik Strelec steps up from the Slovan Bratislava academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrik Strelec 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Slovan Bratislava sign off a bigger ground
- Squad Slovan Bratislava are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Cristian Martínez gets it from the manager