The Spartak Trnava Herald
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Stefan Skrbo
Successful dribbles: 52. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Philip Elayo Azango: 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.” Spartak Trnava have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market23 Aug 2027
Matej Kochan asks to leave Spartak Trnava
“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.
Match21 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Spartak Trnava
4 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Spartak Trnava
Martin Vantruba 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Libor Holík 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Lukáš Fabiš stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Lukáš Fabiš and Spartak Trnava agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Loan watch23 Aug 2027
Jakub Sestak counts the days
“I watch every Spartak Trnava game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at MFK Ruzomberok runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Market23 Aug 2027
Spartak Trnava sign Ivan Bozenik, one for the future
Ivan Bozenik is 15, and Spartak Trnava have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market Spartak Trnava sign Lukas Skriniar, one for the future
- Market Spartak Trnava sign Matej Hamsik, one for the future
- Match No goals between Spartak Trnava and MFK Skalica