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Upbeat
Match15 Aug 2026
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.50 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Dijon Kameri takes the afternoon — 8.31
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Dijon Kameri provided it, and the 8.31 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
He is going to Hammarby, the club has $5.3M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Market17 Aug 2026
Hammarby pay $5.3M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $55.1K — a club that wants Dion Gallapeni enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
$320.0K on the table at GKS Katowice. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
$1.9M on the table at Raków Częstochowa. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The offer went to Arka Gdynia this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $2.1M — a club that wants Jonatan Braut Brunes enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sebastian Madejski commits to Cracovia for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Cracovia
Mateusz Klich 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cracovia have gone to Widzew Łódź with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cracovia asked and AZ said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match8 Aug 2026
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
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Triumph
Market3 Aug 2026
Cracovia say no — this time
The offer from Kapfenberg for Dijon Kameri 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Mateusz Klich, 36, rolls back the years — 7.89
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.89 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dominik Baumgartner commits to Cracovia for another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Cracovia
Mateusz Klich and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match1 Aug 2026
Three points for Cracovia, 3‑2 the final word against Pogon in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Cracovia know it.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Cracovia asked and FC Copenhagen said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kamil Glik retires from international football
“103 caps. I have loved every one, and it is somebody else’s turn.” At 38 he has stepped away from his country and is going nowhere at Cracovia.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Marked 8.05 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.