The Cherno More Chronicle
Squad16 Jul 2029
Georgi Valchev damages knee ligaments — 48 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 48 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.
Market16 Jul 2029
Petar Andreev puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Cherno More, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2029
Yanis Zirmi is a medical away from Cherno More
The deal with Etar is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2029
An offer of $190.0K for Stiviyan Makaveev
Cherno More have gone to Hebar with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Words exchanged at Cherno More
Luciano Squadrone 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.
Boardroom16 Jul 2029
7 academy graduates step up at Cherno More
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.
Market16 Jul 2029
Cherno More promote Plamen Atanasov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Plamen Atanasov 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.
Market16 Jul 2029
Cherno More promote Dragomir Atanasov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dragomir Atanasov 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.
Market16 Jul 2029
Ivan Ivanov steps up from the Cherno More academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Ivanov 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 A promise the Cherno More board did not keep
- Squad Iliyan Gatinski falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad 5 new faces, and Cherno More are still learning each other