The Spartak Pleven Herald
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Bruninho keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Spartak Pleven may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
A new deal for Bistra Slavchev
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
No thanks: Dimitar Nikolov rejects the move
Spartak Pleven had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at CSKA Sofia, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Bruninho in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Spartak Pleven this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Spartak Pleven
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Door shut on András Mészáros
Spartak Pleven asked and DAC Dunajska Streda said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Spartak Pleven training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dimitar Iliev 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Spartak Pleven promote Deyan Dyakov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Deyan Dyakov 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
Valentin Nedelkov steps up from the Spartak Pleven academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentin Nedelkov 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
- Market One of our own: Nikolay Galchev joins the Spartak Pleven first team
- Match Late, late show earns Spartak Pleven a point
- Player ratings Bogdan Kostov runs at them all day