Laszlo Botka

Right Midfielder - Mezőkövesd U20
19 Apr 2036
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464 Edition

The Mezőkövesd Herald

18 Jun 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad18 Jun 2035

Zoltán Vasvári 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 Mezőkövesd this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets18 Jun 2035

Door shut on Mykhailo Shaparenko

Mezőkövesd asked and CSKA 1948 said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad18 Jun 2035

Words at Mezőkövesd training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matej Gagulić is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Boardroom18 Jun 2035

110% of the income goes out in wages at Mezőkövesd

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad18 Jun 2035

Mezőkövesd lose Laszlo Botka

27 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout18 Jun 2035

Niklas Otto gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market18 Jun 2035

Ádám Pintér linked with a move away

The name of Ádám Pintér keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Mezőkövesd say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout18 Jun 2035

Zalán Gregor asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad18 Jun 2035

Filip Trello remains an outsider

A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Mezőkövesd would admit. It shows on Saturdays.

In brief

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463 Edition

The Mezőkövesd Herald

11 Jun 2035
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad11 Jun 2035

Tempers go at Mezőkövesd

Zoltán Vasvári 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.

Boardroom11 Jun 2035

Mezőkövesd beat the market to Milan Kolarević from MTK Budapest

MTK Budapest will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Milan Kolarević has pre-agreed a move to Mezőkövesd, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.

Squad11 Jun 2035

A row about effort at Mezőkövesd

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mahamadou Nagida was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market11 Jun 2035

Mezőkövesd promote Norbert Lisztes from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Norbert Lisztes 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.

Market11 Jun 2035

Mezőkövesd promote Daniel Lang from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Lang 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.

Market11 Jun 2035

One of our own: Laszlo Gazdag joins the Mezőkövesd first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Laszlo Gazdag is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market11 Jun 2035

Laszlo Botka steps up from the Mezőkövesd academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Laszlo Botka 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.

The dugout11 Jun 2035

No hiding place for Mahamadou Nagida

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mahamadou Nagida, and the manager let it.

Boardroom11 Jun 2035

Embargo at Mezőkövesd

No fees may be paid for anybody, whatever the squad needs. Every rumour about this club until it lifts is a rumour about a deal that cannot be done.

In brief