The Burton Albion Sentinel
Market14 Jun 2032
Gianfranco Livia hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Burton Albion can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout14 Jun 2032
Lucas Costa says Burton Albion 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.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2032
The paperwork begins on Anthony Morgan
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Burton Albion have done the hard part with Luton Town, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Market14 Jun 2032
Burton Albion sell Arthur Parker for $690.0K
Arthur Parker has left for Wrexham in a $690.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad14 Jun 2032
Tempers go at Burton Albion
Víctor Cumpa 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.
Squad14 Jun 2032
Volodymyr Shvets gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Volodymyr Shvets has just signed for Burton Albion, and for once the answer mattered.
Market14 Jun 2032
Business is business: Edward Lake goes
Charlton Athletic paid $290.0K and Burton Albion took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Boardroom14 Jun 2032
Still nobody in the Burton Albion dugout
13 days with the chair empty, a list of names that grows and shrinks by the day, and not one signature on anything. Every week that passes takes the best candidates off it.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2032
Burton Albion rebuffed over Alfie Kilgour
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Brentford have kept their man, and Burton Albion go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Squad Burton Albion lose Simon Roberts
- Squad Benjamin Nduquidi signs a new deal
- Market A long bet from Burton Albion on Anthony Bennett