Highs and lows for Spartak Trnava
It all ended in tears. A few days after winning a trophy, Martin Skrtel, the former Liverpool centre-back, suddenly announced a press conference. There, he confirmed the rumours: one of Slovakian football’s all-time greats would be ending his football career.
The 37-year-old Skrtel returned to Slovakia at the start of last season after17 years abroad. Although he became a professional at Trencin, he always expressed his dream to play for Spartak Trnava, the team he supported as a boy and historically one of Slovakia’s two biggest clubs.
His dream came true in the summer of 2021, after a spell in Turkey at Istanbul Basaksehir came to an end. Skrtel, with104 caps for Slovakia and participations at two major tournaments, immediately became the biggest star of the Slovak Fortuna Liga. With Skrtel at the heart
