The Viktoria Plzen Courier
Market19 Jul 2027
Denis Vavro has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Viktoria Plzen can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Viktoria Plzen
Denis Vavro and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Viktoria Plzen
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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Zbrojovka Brno join the queue for Matyáš Šilhavý
Add another name to the list: Zbrojovka Brno have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Matyáš Šilhavý. The answer from Viktoria Plzen has not changed — yet.
Market19 Jul 2027
Daniel Jankto steps up from the Viktoria Plzen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daniel Jankto 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Viktoria Plzen promote Petr Barak from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Petr Barak 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Viktoria Plzen
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Asger Sørensen was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 11916. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
Viktor Baier has seen enough of Dinamo Bucharest
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Viktoria Plzen, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Patrik Hrošovský plays
- The dugout Denis Višinský knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead A reunion for Christophe Kabongo