The Botev Vratsa Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Dani Martín would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Dani Martín is living that version at Botev Vratsa, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Botev Vratsa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dani Martín 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Jay Robinson
Botev Vratsa asked and Southampton said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Botev Vratsa
Preslav Borukov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match15 Aug 2026
Andrey Yordanov the difference as Botev Vratsa beat Spartak 1918
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Andrey Yordanov. 2‑1 against Spartak 1918, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Mitchy Ntelo was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.28. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Andrey Yordanov was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.05. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Ivan Goranov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ivan Goranov, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Dani Martín has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Botev Vratsa know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
In brief
- Transfer targets Botev Vratsa ask about João Carvalho
- Transfer targets Botev Vratsa try to borrow Jacob Ambæk
- The dugout Vasil Stoyanov: “That is the standard”