The Kustosija Courier
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Frankie Hvid says Kustosija went back on their word
“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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Kustosija
Tomislav Krizmanić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Nikola Maksimović falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Too much change too quickly at Kustosija
8 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Viktor Džodić signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Viktor Džodić and Kustosija agree another 4 years.
Market16 Nov 2026
Kustosija sign Viktor Džodić, one for the future
Viktor Džodić is 20, and Kustosija have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Sebastian Samarin
“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.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
Aldiouma Diallo has made Varteks’s shirt his own
11 starts now, an average of 6.79, and the team sheet at Varteks has stopped being a question. Exactly what everybody signed up for.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
Junior Bita first choice at Radnik Krizevci
9 starts and a season average of 6.81. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
In brief
- Loan watch Varteks cannot leave Messias out
- Looking ahead Kustosija travel to Uljanik Pula
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Umaro Embaló