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Litex Lovech

In: Fabien Budaren (Dijon)
Sedric Cambon (Montpelier)
Ilya Nikolov (Haskovo)
Tome (Marek)
Sedric Juras (Falkirk)

Out: Petar Zanev (Celta Vigo)
Jivko Jelev (Ocelul Galac)
Nikolay Cvetkov , Rosen Kirilov (released)

Comment:
Litex start the season with big ambitions , to try to bring the title back in Lovech . I watched some of the team`s friendly
matches , a SuperCup match vs Levski , and two in Uefa cup vs Sliema , and I can say that the team plays very attractive and
nice football . The new signings are good , I like Cambon very much , and think that he can become a key player in the squad
, if he plays on a top level . Litex changed their couch , Lupko Petrovic left , and well known in Lovech , Ferario Spasov
came back . Litex is a tough team to beat , very strong , and can beat every team in the league . They also will try to get
in the Uefa Cup Group Stage , which is their main target , and to try to get out of them , and play a 1/16 or 1/8 final in
Uefa . It would be very hard , but in 2006 they managed to do that , why not this year to do it again ? In the championship ,
in the very first round , they will play vs Cska , and this match will show if Litex are ready to challenge for the title . I
think , that they are not . And not because they are not so strong , but because Levski and Cska are a little better than
Lovech right now . Levski beated them in Super Cup , I expect Cska to beat them in the opening round , although these kind of
games are hard to predict . A blow will be the departure of Petar Zanev , Jivko Jelev and Rosen Kirilov . These three players
, were first choice defenders , and were key players in the defansive wall . Now , Litex should make a completely different
foursome in front of the goalie , and they can have problems in first few rounds . Litex is a factor in APFG , I expect to
fight well for the title , but at the end of the season , to challenge with Lokomotiv Sofia for the third place . Most likely
, a place in top 4 is what you should expect from Litex .

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

In: Martin Kamburov (free)

Out: Stoyan Kolev (Treviso)
Zoran Baldovaliev , Hristo Zlatinski (Loko Sofia)
Dragolub Kostic , Stefan Trumic (released)

Comment:
Loko Plovdiv will have some troubles this season . First of all , a couple of months ago , their club president was killed ,
and the team was very close to falit , there were a lot of people , who wanted to buy the club , but that operation lasted
very long , and finally last week was sold to Levent , a turkish businessman . Some of the club fans don`t like their new
owner , they were protesting , but now they cannot do anything against this decision . But the most important here is players
. They are not ready for the start of the season . Loko lost some of their key players , like goalie Kolev , and forwards
Baldovaliev and Zlatinski . Marto Kamburov is back , he is really great player, but he`s not played at high level for almost
two years , so he will need some time to adapt . Coach Marinov started his selection just a few days ago , so he will have no
time to bring in players that could help him to achieve his main goals this season . The team is not ready for the start of
the season , so I expect a hard games for Loko , they did not trained well during the break , and will have problems this
season . Despite that , I still do not expect Loko to be involved in surviving battle , but nothing more than a safe
mid-talbe place should be expected . This season that would be enough , for a serious challenge and battle for european
places , Loko should prepare from the next season . A place between 9th and 13th .