The Považská Bystrica Gazette
Market24 Jul 2028
Diego Zarate agrees terms with AS Trencin
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Považská Bystrica people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market24 Jul 2028
Považská Bystrica turn down AS Trencin for Lukáš Jendrek
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The dugout24 Jul 2028
Marián Weber says Považská Bystrica went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market24 Jul 2028
Péter Kotroczó asks to leave Považská Bystrica
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match22 Jul 2028
The wait goes on for Považská Bystrica
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
No thanks: Rafael Moreira rejects the move
Považská Bystrica had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at MFK Ruzomberok, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Považská Bystrica
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.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Spartak Trnava tell Považská Bystrica: Filip Trello is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Matúš Capko 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 Považská Bystrica promote Ivan Duda from within
- The dugout No hiding place for Adrián Knurovský
- Match Považská Bystrica refuse to lose to MSK Zilina B