David Štěpánek

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The MSK Zilina Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market7 Sep 2026

So close: Timotej Hranica’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Jablonec moved on, Timotej Hranica reports back to MSK Zilina, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Market7 Sep 2026

MFK Ruzomberok come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and MSK Zilina did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Window shuts: 20 in, 4 out at MSK Zilina

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 20 arrived, 4 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Štěpán Chaloupek turns down MSK Zilina

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Slavia Prague keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A falling-out at MSK Zilina

Patrik Vydra and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

MSK Zilina rebuffed over Cheick Oumar Souaré

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Viktoria Plzen have kept their man, and MSK Zilina go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market7 Sep 2026

Eyes on Kristián Bari again

The phone has started ringing about Kristián Bari again, and this time the name on the line is Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. MSK Zilina are listening politely and promising nothing.

The dugout7 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Filip Kaša

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Nicolás Andereggen needs a bigger stage

He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and MSK Zilina know which stage they are at.

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The MSK Zilina Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

Michal Svoboda says no to Spartak Trnava

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Michal Svoboda had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market17 Aug 2026

MSK Zilina say no — this time

The offer from Zlate Moravce for Jakub Badžgoň was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Zac Williams due for a MSK Zilina medical

Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at MSK Zilina

Miroslav Káčer 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.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

MFK Ruzomberok tell MSK Zilina: Jan Hladík is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Jakub Badžgoň

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Miroslav Káčer beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad17 Aug 2026

This league is too small for David Štěpánek

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. MSK Zilina will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The formation has left Conor Masterson behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. MSK Zilina will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

In brief