The MTK Budapest Courier
Squad22 Mar 2027
A falling-out at MTK Budapest
Joel Fameyeh and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad22 Mar 2027
A row about effort at MTK Budapest
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mihály Kata was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market22 Mar 2027
Daniel Sallai steps up from the MTK Budapest academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Sallai 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.
Market22 Mar 2027
Attila Nagy steps up from the MTK Budapest academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Attila Nagy 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.
Market22 Mar 2027
MTK Budapest promote Attila Botka from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Attila Botka 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.
Market22 Mar 2027
One of our own: Laszlo Nagy joins the MTK Budapest first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Laszlo Nagy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
György Komáromi is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
When it matters, Patrik Demjén plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
József Balázs 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.
In brief
- The dugout István Bognár knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Country calls for Patrik Demjén
- Squad Benedek Varju called up by his country