The Vihren Herald
The dugout17 Jul 2028
Lenard Szczygieł: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Vihren have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets17 Jul 2028
Valentin Dotsev due for a Vihren medical
Everything agreed with Septemvri, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Home is on Kévin D'Almeida's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Vihren are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Tempers go at Vihren
Konstantin Ivanov 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.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Vihren
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.
The dugout17 Jul 2028
Mario Petkov frozen out at Vihren
This is not rotation. Mario Petkov has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Vihren is pretending otherwise.
Player ratings17 Jul 2028
Konstantin Dimitrov beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Transfer targets17 Jul 2028
Door shut on Donat Mehmeti
Vihren asked and Tirana said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Kévin D'Almeida 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.
In brief
- Market Tsvetan Petkov steps up from the Vihren academy
- Market Valentin Delev steps up from the Vihren academy
- Market Vihren promote Spas Terziev from within