From our football correspondent
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Market23 Apr 2029
Álex Bermejo hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Debrecen can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Apr 2029
100 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad23 Apr 2029
36 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Squad16 Apr 2029
“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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
40 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market16 Apr 2029
The name of Plamen Andreev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad9 Apr 2029
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Gaetano Motta has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad9 Apr 2029
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Elián Pizzi has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Squad2 Apr 2029
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad2 Apr 2029
112 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad2 Apr 2029
“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.
Benedek Murka Benedek Murka says Debrecen went back on their word
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Squad26 Mar 2029
The medical room confirms 129 days on the sidelines for Máté Sajbán , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad26 Mar 2029
The manager makes an example of Benedek Murka
“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.
Squad26 Mar 2029
Ledio Beqja 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.
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Steady
Squad19 Mar 2029
José Cabrera : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Debrecen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Mar 2029
The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Elián Pizzi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad19 Mar 2029
“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.
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Steady
Squad12 Mar 2029
Zsolt Gazdag 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.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Álex Bermejo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad12 Mar 2029
Víctor Camarasa looks at the other side of the line“I have started watching training differently.” At 34 he has begun the badges, which is how most of the men in the dugout began.
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Steady
Squad5 Mar 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Donát Bárány commits to Debrecen for another 4 years.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Ádám Lang 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.
Boardroom5 Mar 2029
$219.1K a year onto the Debrecen books
A new partner, a signature and a photograph nobody will remember. It funds a fortnight of wages, which is more than most headlines on this page can say for themselves.
Squad5 Mar 2029
Manuel Leal knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad5 Mar 2029
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 36 with 102 appearances behind him, and Debrecen have to plan for both answers.
Market5 Mar 2029
The name of Adrián Guerrero keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Loan watch26 Feb 2029
“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 Debrecen , and 2 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad26 Feb 2029
Stephen Odey 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.
Squad26 Feb 2029
“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.
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Steady
Squad19 Feb 2029
Stephen Odey : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Debrecen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Feb 2029
The medical room confirms 51 days on the sidelines for Elián Pizzi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad19 Feb 2029
The manager makes an example of Flórián Cibla
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Feb 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Ledio Beqja 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.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Flórián Cibla 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.
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Steady
Squad5 Feb 2029
Ledio Beqja : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Debrecen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad5 Feb 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Josua Mejías and Debrecen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Feb 2029
Donát Bárány 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.
Ledio Beqja Ledio Beqja: that is not what I was promised
Squad5 Feb 2029
The captaincy has been taken off Donát Bárány . Debrecen will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Market5 Feb 2029
The name of Adrián Guerrero keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad29 Jan 2029
Donát Bárány : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Debrecen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market29 Jan 2029
Máté Kohut has left for Puskas Akademia in a $730.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Loan watch29 Jan 2029
“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 Debrecen , and 2 appearances in 29 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad29 Jan 2029
The manager makes an example of Istvan Sallai
“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.
Market29 Jan 2029
The name of Víctor Camarasa keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad29 Jan 2029
Aleksandar Pešić 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.
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Steady
Market22 Jan 2029
Ádám Lang told to find a new club“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ádám Lang has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Debrecen .
Squad22 Jan 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Juan José Forero and Debrecen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad22 Jan 2029
Álex Bermejo 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.
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Steady
Market15 Jan 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market15 Jan 2029
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad15 Jan 2029
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexey Gritsaenko commits to Debrecen for another 2 years.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Manuel Leal 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.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Ádám Lang knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market15 Jan 2029
Debrecen bring in an old headMatías Vera is 33 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
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Steady
Squad8 Jan 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Gaetano Motta and Debrecen agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Jan 2029
The manager makes an example of Gaetano Motta
“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.
Market8 Jan 2029
Honved are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Debrecen will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Ádám Lang 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.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Somebody is after Ádám Lang ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Ádám Lang suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Debrecen have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market8 Jan 2029
The name of Adrián Guerrero keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Jan 2029
Máté Kohut hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Debrecen can pretend not to have heard.
Loan watch1 Jan 2029
“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 Debrecen , and 2 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“The easiest signature of my career.” Aleksandar Pešić and Debrecen agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad1 Jan 2029
“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.
Squad1 Jan 2029
Stephen Odey 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.
Market1 Jan 2029
The name of Víctor Camarasa keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match23 Dec 2028
Three points for Debrecen , 1-0 the final word against Bekescsaba in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad25 Dec 2028
“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.
Squad25 Dec 2028
Stephen Odey knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market25 Dec 2028
The name of Plamen Andreev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad25 Dec 2028
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Debrecen have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad25 Dec 2028
The wait is over, and the relief was visible from the back of the stand. 1 for the season, and the next one always comes easier.
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Crisis
Squad18 Dec 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match12 Dec 2028
Chastening afternoon for Debrecen
A 0-6 beating by Arsenal was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
The terraces18 Dec 2028
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 13 of the 33 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Market18 Dec 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad18 Dec 2028
The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for Ákos Szendrei , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match16 Dec 2028
1-2 to Haladas , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Steady
Squad11 Dec 2028
23 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad11 Dec 2028
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Víctor Camarasa , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match9 Dec 2028
MTK Budapest made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad4 Dec 2028
Yacouba Silué : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Debrecen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad4 Dec 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ádám Lang and Debrecen agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Stephen Odey left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Stephen Odey will call it something else in private.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Đorđe Gordić is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.30 with 6 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Loan watch4 Dec 2028
“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 Debrecen , and 2 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.
Match2 Dec 2028
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Steady
Match22 Nov 2028
Debrecen bow out of the cupPuskas Akademia go through and Debrecen go home, 1-2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Squad27 Nov 2028
The manager makes an example of Stephen Odey
“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.
Match25 Nov 2028
A 1-0 win over Diosgyor , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad27 Nov 2028
At 21 years old, Elián Pizzi became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Market27 Nov 2028
The name of Plamen Andreev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad27 Nov 2028
Manuel Leal knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Market20 Nov 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad20 Nov 2028
The manager makes an example of Donát Bárány
“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.
Match18 Nov 2028
A 2-2 draw with Puskas Akademia leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Steady
Squad13 Nov 2028
The medical room confirms 52 days on the sidelines for Đorđe Gordić , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad13 Nov 2028
46 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad13 Nov 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ákos Szendrei and Debrecen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match11 Nov 2028
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Match7 Nov 2028
Pogon made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad13 Nov 2028
“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.
Market13 Nov 2028
The name of Adrián Guerrero keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
The terraces13 Nov 2028
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
The terraces13 Nov 2028
The press cannot get enough of Stephen Odey
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Steady
Squad6 Nov 2028
The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Adrián Guerrero , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad6 Nov 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ledio Beqja commits to Debrecen for another 4 years.
Match4 Nov 2028
Honved made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Loan watch6 Nov 2028
“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 Debrecen , and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad6 Nov 2028
“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.
Squad6 Nov 2028
Đorđe Gordić is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.30 with 6 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
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Uneasy
Squad30 Oct 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad30 Oct 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Aleksandar Pešić commits to Debrecen for another 1 years.
Squad30 Oct 2028
No place for Gaetano Motta on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Debrecen pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad30 Oct 2028
“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.
Match28 Oct 2028
A 1-1 draw with Fehervar leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The terraces30 Oct 2028
The spotlight tightens on Donát Bárány
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market23 Oct 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Match21 Oct 2028
Vasas made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad23 Oct 2028
The manager makes an example of Ádám Lang
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match14 Oct 2028
7 matches without a win for Debrecen
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Debrecen are no longer polite ones.
Squad16 Oct 2028
The medical room confirms 77 days on the sidelines for Víctor Camarasa , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Donát Bárány 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.
Squad16 Oct 2028
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Match14 Oct 2028
A 2-2 draw with Paksi leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market16 Oct 2028
The name of Adrián Guerrero keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match3 Oct 2028
0-3 to Arsenal , and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Match7 Oct 2028
6 matches without a win for Debrecen
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Debrecen are no longer polite ones.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Barnabás Simon : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Debrecen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad9 Oct 2028
58 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Stephen Odey 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.
Match7 Oct 2028
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match30 Sep 2028
No end in sight to Debrecen 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Debrecen has to find a result from somewhere.
Match30 Sep 2028
0-1 to Haladas , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Maximilian Hofmann and Debrecen agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad2 Oct 2028
“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.
The terraces2 Oct 2028
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Market2 Oct 2028
The name of Plamen Andreev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market25 Sep 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad25 Sep 2028
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match23 Sep 2028
MTK Budapest left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad25 Sep 2028
The manager makes an example of Plamen Andreev
“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.
Match19 Sep 2028
Olimpija Ljubljana left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad25 Sep 2028
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Gaetano Motta will call it something else in private.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match16 Sep 2028
Still nobody has beaten Debrecen
The unbeaten run reaches 15. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad18 Sep 2028
106 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad18 Sep 2028
Donát Bárány 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.
Match16 Sep 2028
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad18 Sep 2028
At 31 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Debrecen are won quietly and lost loudly.
Market18 Sep 2028
The name of Adrián Guerrero keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
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Upbeat
Match9 Sep 2028
Still nobody has beaten Debrecen
The unbeaten run reaches 14. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match11 Sep 2028
Debrecen up to position 215 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market11 Sep 2028
Paksi come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Debrecen did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad11 Sep 2028
The medical room confirms 88 days on the sidelines for Adrián Guerrero , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Loan watch11 Sep 2028
“I did not go to Voluntari to sit and watch. I want to come back to Debrecen and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Match9 Sep 2028
Diosgyor made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad11 Sep 2028
“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.
Squad11 Sep 2028
A first senior shirt for Elías Verón
Every debut is a small story about the future: Elías Verón , 21 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Market11 Sep 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Match2 Sep 2028
Still nobody has beaten Debrecen
The unbeaten run reaches 13. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Ákos Szendrei : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Debrecen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market4 Sep 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Debrecen have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad4 Sep 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Aleksandar Pešić and Debrecen agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Manuel Leal 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.
Match2 Sep 2028
A 1-1 draw with Puskas Akademia leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market4 Sep 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad4 Sep 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market4 Sep 2028
The window shut and Máté Kohut is still in the building
Debrecen spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
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Upbeat
Match26 Aug 2028
Still nobody has beaten Debrecen
The unbeaten run reaches 12. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad28 Aug 2028
The manager makes an example of Stephen Odey
“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.
Market28 Aug 2028
Naft Tehran are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Debrecen will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Match26 Aug 2028
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market28 Aug 2028
Experience through the door at Debrecen
Aleksandar Pešić arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Squad28 Aug 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Upbeat
Match19 Aug 2028
Still nobody has beaten Debrecen
The unbeaten run reaches 11. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad21 Aug 2028
The medical room confirms 138 days on the sidelines for Víctor Camarasa , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad21 Aug 2028
“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.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Giorgi Beridze 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.
Match19 Aug 2028
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Honved defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market21 Aug 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Upbeat
Squad14 Aug 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market14 Aug 2028
The deal that would have taken Patrik Demjén to Cracovia has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Debrecen with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad14 Aug 2028
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match12 Aug 2028
Debrecen cannot stop winning4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Market14 Aug 2028
Puskas Akademia pay $1.2M, 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.
Match12 Aug 2028
Fehervar made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Ádám Lang 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.
Loan watch14 Aug 2028
“I did not go to Voluntari to sit and watch. I want to come back to Debrecen and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Giorgi Beridze knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Squad7 Aug 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad7 Aug 2028
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match5 Aug 2028
Debrecen cannot stop winning3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad7 Aug 2028
The manager makes an example of Donát Bárány
“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.
Market7 Aug 2028
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Debrecen will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Match5 Aug 2028
Vasas made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad7 Aug 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Álex Bermejo commits to Debrecen for another 3 years.
Market7 Aug 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market7 Aug 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Benedek Murka may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Steady
Match29 Jul 2028
Still nobody has beaten Debrecen
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad31 Jul 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Plamen Andreev and Debrecen agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market31 Jul 2028
The shirt still fits. Peter Fiola is back at Debrecen , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market31 Jul 2028
The shirt still fits. Janos Bese is back at Debrecen , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market31 Jul 2028
The shirt still fits. Andras Botka is back at Debrecen , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market31 Jul 2028
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Match29 Jul 2028
Paksi made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad31 Jul 2028
The manager makes an example of Stephen Odey
“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.
Boardroom31 Jul 2028
A promise the Debrecen board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
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Steady
Market24 Jul 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Debrecen have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad24 Jul 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Barnabás Simon and Debrecen agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market24 Jul 2028
No fee and no drama: Manuel Leal has signed at Debrecen , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Barnabás Simon knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad24 Jul 2028
The language is coming and there is somebody to talk to in the dressing room. A footballer who feels at home plays like one, and it never shows up in a scouting report.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Josua Mejías keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Josua Mejías plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
In brief
Boardroom
Debrecen keep producing them
Boardroom
The Debrecen board put their names to it
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match17 Jul 2028
Debrecen are in among the leadersPosition 3 and 41 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market17 Jul 2028
The fee is $500.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Paksi drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market17 Jul 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Market10 Jul 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Jul 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Botond Vajda and Debrecen agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market10 Jul 2028
Honved pay $220.0K, 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.
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Steady
Market3 Jul 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market3 Jul 2028
The name of Patrik Demjén has come up in conversations Debrecen were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Jul 2028
The medical room confirms 28 days on the sidelines for Álex Bermejo , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad26 Jun 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Giorgi Beridze and Debrecen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad26 Jun 2028
The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for Elías Verón , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market26 Jun 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Álex Bermejo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad26 Jun 2028
The transfer that hurt Đorđe Gordić most
Somebody else's move, somebody else's headline. What it left at Debrecen is an empty peg and a footballer who keeps glancing at it.
In brief
Boardroom
Debrecen keep producing them
Boardroom
The Debrecen board put their names to it
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match19 Jun 2028
Debrecen are in among the leadersPosition 3 and 41 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad19 Jun 2028
The medical room confirms 40 days on the sidelines for Soma Szuhodovszki , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market19 Jun 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Market12 Jun 2028
The fee is $1.1M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Haladas drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market12 Jun 2028
The paperwork is done: Zsolt Gazdag joins from Haladas in a deal worth $1.0M. Now comes the harder part.
Market12 Jun 2028
Bekescsaba come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Debrecen did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad12 Jun 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” José Cabrera commits to Debrecen for another 4 years.
Squad12 Jun 2028
The manager makes an example of Patrik Demjén
“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.
Market12 Jun 2028
He is 20, and nobody at Debrecen signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
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Steady
Market5 Jun 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Jun 2028
59 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market5 Jun 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Debrecen have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad5 Jun 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” José Cabrera and Debrecen agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market5 Jun 2028
The name of Plamen Andreev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad5 Jun 2028
Somebody is after Ádám Lang ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Ádám Lang suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Debrecen have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Steady
Squad29 May 2028
The one award nobody else on the pitch can win goes to Plamen Andreev , on 11 clean sheets across the season. Keepers wait a career for a season like it.
Squad29 May 2028
The medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Elia Grassi , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad29 May 2028
Ádám Lang has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Ádám Lang keeps the shirt for now, at Debrecen 's convenience rather than his own.
Market29 May 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market29 May 2028
No fee and no drama: Máté Sajbán has signed at Debrecen , and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
Market29 May 2028
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Benedek Murka arrives at Debrecen with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
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Steady
Match22 May 2028
Debrecen are in among the leadersPosition 3 and 41 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market22 May 2028
The name of Patrik Demjén keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad22 May 2028
Stephen Odey keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Stephen Odey plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market15 May 2028
The name of Víctor Camarasa keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad15 May 2028
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Dominik Kocsis plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad15 May 2028
Elia Grassi is out on the grass againHe came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Debrecen will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Steady
Market8 May 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 May 2028
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ádám Lang commits to Debrecen for another 2 years.
Squad8 May 2028
89 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom8 May 2028
$1.6M on the table at Debrecen
The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.
Squad8 May 2028
Álex Bermejo 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.
Squad8 May 2028
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Benedek Erdélyi keeps the shirt for now, at Debrecen 's convenience rather than his own.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad1 May 2028
30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market1 May 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad1 May 2028
Álex Bermejo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad1 May 2028
A new face in his position, and Benedek Erdélyi suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Debrecen have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market1 May 2028
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Jonathan Lima may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad1 May 2028
Donát Bárány keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Donát Bárány plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
In brief
Boardroom
Debrecen keep producing them
Boardroom
The Debrecen board put their names to it
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match24 Apr 2028
Debrecen are in among the leadersPosition 3 and 41 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad24 Apr 2028
“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.
Market24 Apr 2028
The name of Patrik Demjén keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market17 Apr 2028
The name of Víctor Camarasa keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Ádám Lang has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Ádám Lang keeps the shirt for now, at Debrecen 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad17 Apr 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Squad10 Apr 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonathan Lima and Debrecen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Apr 2028
119 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad10 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Flórián Cibla
“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.
Squad10 Apr 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market10 Apr 2028
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Ledio Beqja arrives at Debrecen with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
Market10 Apr 2028
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Franck Bekono arrives at Debrecen with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
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Steady
Market3 Apr 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Debrecen can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Apr 2028
The medical room confirms 65 days on the sidelines for Patrik Demjén , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Benedek Erdélyi 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match27 Mar 2028
Debrecen are in among the leadersPosition 3 and 41 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Loan watch27 Mar 2028
“I did not go to Zalgiris to sit and watch. I want to come back to Debrecen and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Market27 Mar 2028
The name of Patrik Demjén keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Market20 Mar 2028
The name of Víctor Camarasa keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad20 Mar 2028
Donát Bárány called up by his countryA window away with the national side, and a shirt at Debrecen that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Squad20 Mar 2028
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Debrecen that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
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Steady
Squad13 Mar 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market13 Mar 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Dominik Kocsis has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Álex Bermejo Álex Bermejo says Debrecen went back on their word
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Steady
Market6 Mar 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Debrecen can pretend not to have heard.
Squad6 Mar 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stephen Odey and Debrecen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad6 Mar 2028
The manager makes an example of David Nwachukwu
“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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Donát Bárány keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Donát Bárány plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
Debrecen keep producing them8 graduates from an academy now rated 9 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
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Steady
Match28 Feb 2028
Debrecen are in among the leadersPosition 3 and 41 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad28 Feb 2028
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Loan watch28 Feb 2028
“I did not go to Zalgiris to sit and watch. I want to come back to Debrecen and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
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Steady
Squad21 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Ádám Lang
“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.
Market21 Feb 2028
The name of Víctor Camarasa keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Botond Nyikos 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.
Ádám Lang The manager makes an example of Ádám Lang
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Steady
Squad14 Feb 2028
34 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Ádám Lang 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.
Loan watch14 Feb 2028
18 starts and a season average of 6.64. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
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Steady
Market7 Feb 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Debrecen can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Debrecen release $1.6M for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Market7 Feb 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad7 Feb 2028
“I watch sessions differently now. I catch myself thinking about why we are doing the drill.” At 33 that is how nearly every man in a dugout started.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Donát Bárány keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Donát Bárány plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Debrecen keep producing them8 graduates from an academy now rated 9 out of 20. A club this size does not survive any other way, and every name on that list is known in the town.
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Steady
Market31 Jan 2028
Botond Nyikos hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Debrecen can pretend not to have heard.
Match31 Jan 2028
Debrecen are in among the leadersPosition 3 and 41 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Market31 Jan 2028
Bekescsaba are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Debrecen will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad31 Jan 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ákos Szendrei and Debrecen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad31 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Flórián Cibla
“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.
Market31 Jan 2028
The name of Patrik Demjén keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Market24 Jan 2028
The fee is $1.0M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Paksi drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad24 Jan 2028
The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Stephen Odey , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad24 Jan 2028
“The easiest signature of my career.” Giorgi Beridze and Debrecen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Steady
Market17 Jan 2028
The fee is $1.8M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Ujpest drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market17 Jan 2028
Bekescsaba come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Debrecen did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Jan 2028
A new face in his position, and Dominik Kocsis suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Debrecen have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Álex Bermejo 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.
Market17 Jan 2028
A season-long audition: Ferencvaros still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Debrecen 's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
Loan watch17 Jan 2028
18 starts and a season average of 6.64. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
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Steady
Market10 Jan 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Debrecen can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Jan 2028
22 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market10 Jan 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Debrecen have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“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.
Market10 Jan 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Benedek Erdélyi 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match3 Jan 2028
Debrecen up to position 341 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad3 Jan 2028
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Patrik Demjén , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market3 Jan 2028
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Debrecen have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match25 Dec 2027
4-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Match25 Dec 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Debrecen did not have in the autumn.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Donát Bárány left out for the big oneA player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Donát Bárány will call it something else in private.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Matvey Lukin is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.21 with 7 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Ádám Lang 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.
Squad27 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Márk Szécsi
“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.
In brief
Market
The Víctor Camarasa talk will not go away
The terraces
They were still singing at the end
The terraces
The press cannot get enough of Stephen Odey
The terraces
Stephen Odey has his own song now
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad20 Dec 2027
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match18 Dec 2027
4 matches without a win for Debrecen
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Debrecen are no longer polite ones.
Squad20 Dec 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Plamen Andreev commits to Debrecen for another 5 years.
Match18 Dec 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Debrecen did not have in the autumn.
Match18 Dec 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad20 Dec 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market13 Dec 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad13 Dec 2027
The medical room confirms 50 days on the sidelines for Đorđe Gordić , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad13 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Stephen Odey
“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.
Squad13 Dec 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Adrián Guerrero will call it something else in private.
Match11 Dec 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. MTK Budapest will be the happier side with the point.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match6 Dec 2027
Debrecen are in among the leadersPosition 3 and 36 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad6 Dec 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad29 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Patrik Demjén will call it something else in private.
Match27 Nov 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad29 Nov 2027
1 goals and a season average of 7.33. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Market29 Nov 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Somebody is after Donát Bárány ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Donát Bárány suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Debrecen have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match20 Nov 2027
Puskas Akademia made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad22 Nov 2027
At 19 years old, Noel Asztalos became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Squad22 Nov 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad22 Nov 2027
At 27 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Debrecen are won quietly and lost loudly.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Maximilian Hofmann has let it be known that he does not like the way Debrecen are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Loan watch22 Nov 2027
13 starts and an average of 6.57. He went there to play and he is playing, which is the only thing a loan was ever for.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market15 Nov 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad15 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 80 days on the sidelines for Đorđe Gordić , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match13 Nov 2027
Three points for Debrecen , 2-1 the final word against Ferencvaros in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad15 Nov 2027
“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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Donát Bárány joins up with his country. Debrecen lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
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Steady
Match8 Nov 2027
Debrecen are in among the leadersPosition 3 and 28 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Botond Vajda and Debrecen agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match6 Nov 2027
A bad afternoon for Debrecen against Honved
1-2 to Honved , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Matvey Lukin 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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Ádám Lang knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad8 Nov 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Debrecen have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match30 Oct 2027
Still nobody has beaten Debrecen
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Match30 Oct 2027
Fehervar made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match23 Oct 2027
Vasas made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Josua Mejías knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
At 27 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Debrecen are won quietly and lost loudly.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Ádám Lang wants a proper job in this sideShifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Ádám Lang has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Debrecen know, and have known for weeks.
The terraces25 Oct 2027
The press have found their man in Matvey Lukin
Column inches are not points, but a footballer whose name keeps appearing for the right reasons is a footballer whose price has just gone up.
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Uneasy
Market18 Oct 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad18 Oct 2027
109 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Flórián Cibla : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Debrecen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Josua Mejías 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.
Match16 Oct 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Patrik Demjén 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match11 Oct 2027
Debrecen are in among the leadersPosition 2 and 21 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Álex Bermejo : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Debrecen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match9 Oct 2027
Three points for Debrecen , 2-0 the final word against Bekescsaba in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Fran Manzanara
“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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Patrik Demjén knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match2 Oct 2027
5 matches without a win for Debrecen
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Debrecen are no longer polite ones.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ádám Lang commits to Debrecen for another 2 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
21 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“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.
Match2 Oct 2027
A 3-3 draw with Haladas leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match25 Sep 2027
4 matches without a win for Debrecen
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Debrecen are no longer polite ones.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Ádám Lang
“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.
Match25 Sep 2027
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Ádám Lang The manager makes an example of Ádám Lang
Squad27 Sep 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces27 Sep 2027
The press cannot get enough of Donát Bárány
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Donát Bárány keeps his manager's voteThe message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Donát Bárány plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market20 Sep 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad20 Sep 2027
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match18 Sep 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Donát Bárány 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Ádám Lang 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
At 29 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Debrecen are won quietly and lost loudly.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match13 Sep 2027
Debrecen are in among the leadersPosition 1 and 16 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Match11 Sep 2027
0-2 to Diosgyor , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
The terraces13 Sep 2027
Everybody has an opinion about Plamen Andreev
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Market13 Sep 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad6 Sep 2027
The medical room confirms 52 days on the sidelines for Álex Bermejo , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Matvey Lukin
“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.
Match4 Sep 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Patrik Demjén . Debrecen will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Market6 Sep 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Donát Bárány joins up with his country. Debrecen lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match25 Aug 2027
Bekescsaba ended it 1-2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Josua Mejías : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Debrecen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market30 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Patrik Demjén
“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.
Match28 Aug 2027
Ferencvaros made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad30 Aug 2027
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Plamen Andreev knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Squad30 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
A squad written off a fortnight ago has closed ranks. Whatever was said behind that door, it has held so far.
The terraces30 Aug 2027
The press cannot get enough of Botond Vajda
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
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Upbeat
Market23 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match21 Aug 2027
Debrecen cannot stop winning4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Market23 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Debrecen have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Donát Bárány 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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Honved made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Patrik Demjén 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.
Market23 Aug 2027
Bekescsaba are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Debrecen will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Upbeat
Market16 Aug 2027
Ujpest come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Debrecen did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match14 Aug 2027
Debrecen cannot stop winning3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Match14 Aug 2027
Three points for Debrecen , 2-0 the final word against Fehervar in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Stephen Odey 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad16 Aug 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Ádám Lang has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Ádám Lang keeps the shirt for now, at Debrecen 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Álex Bermejo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market9 Aug 2027
Vasas pay $400.0K, 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.
Market9 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Debrecen have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Botond Vajda commits to Debrecen for another 4 years.
Match7 Aug 2027
A 1-0 win over Vasas , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 30 days on the sidelines for Istvan Szalai , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market2 Aug 2027
The shirt still fits. Norbert Gulacsi is back at Debrecen , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market2 Aug 2027
The shirt still fits. Istvan Szalai is back at Debrecen , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market2 Aug 2027
The shirt still fits. Roland Orban is back at Debrecen , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market2 Aug 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Josua Mejías
“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.
Match31 Jul 2027
Paksi made Debrecen work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tamás Batai commits to Debrecen for another 4 years.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Donát Bárány finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Debrecen have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Álex Bermejo has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Álex Bermejo keeps the shirt for now, at Debrecen 's convenience rather than his own.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market26 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market26 Jul 2027
Vasas come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Debrecen did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Jul 2027
Amos Youga 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The manager comes out for Stephen Odey
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Stephen Odey has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match12 Jul 2027
Debrecen up to position 338 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Josua Mejías and Debrecen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 18 days on the sidelines for Yacouba Silué , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market5 Jul 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Plamen Andreev knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Donát Pálfi 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.
Donát Bárány Debrecen turn down Newell's Old Boys for Donát Bárány
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Uneasy
Squad28 Jun 2027
“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.
Market28 Jun 2027
The name of Adrián Guerrero keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Donát Pálfi knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Jun 2027
Diosgyor come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Debrecen did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market21 Jun 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Debrecen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Dominik Kocsis keeps the shirt for now, at Debrecen 's convenience rather than his own.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match14 Jun 2027
Debrecen up to position 338 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dominik Kocsis commits to Debrecen for another 4 years.
Market14 Jun 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Debrecen have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Debrecen , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad14 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Amos Youga
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad7 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Álex Bermejo , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market7 Jun 2027
MTK Budapest are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Debrecen will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Víctor Camarasa 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market31 May 2027
The name of Adrián Guerrero keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Debrecen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad31 May 2027
The manager comes out for Ádám Lang
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Ádám Lang has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.