The Marek Gazette
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
No thanks: Vasil Simeonov rejects the move
Marek had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Montana, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Marek bid $1.1M for Olivier Verdon
The offer went to Ludogorets this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Kamen Hadzhiev 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 Marek this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Jun 2027
A row about effort at Marek
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Georgi Aleksandrov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Marek rebuffed over Oktay Hamdiev
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Chernomorets Burgas have kept their man, and Marek go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market14 Jun 2027
Marek promote Emil Tsvetanov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emil Tsvetanov 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.
Market14 Jun 2027
Krasimir Terziev steps up from the Marek academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Krasimir Terziev 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.
Market14 Jun 2027
One of our own: Bojidar Dimitrov joins the Marek first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bojidar Dimitrov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Jun 2027
Ivan Tonev steps up from the Marek academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Tonev 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
- The dugout Dawid Polkowski gets it from the manager
- Squad Marek are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Nikolay Minkov gets picked when it counts