The Mladost Zdralovi Courier
Squad11 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Mladost Zdralovi
Danijel Zagorac 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.
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
The numbers do not look good at Mladost Zdralovi
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Home is on Miles Perkovich's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Mladost Zdralovi are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Words at Mladost Zdralovi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Šime Galov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The formation has left Nathan Roggen behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Mladost Zdralovi will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
The dugout11 Oct 2027
Gijs van Wijk 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.
Looking ahead11 Oct 2027
Din Begović goes back to face Grobnican
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Din Begović’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Mladost Zdralovi needing him to play as if none of it matters.
Market11 Oct 2027
Ante Bolanča linked with a move away
The name of Ante Bolanča keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Mladost Zdralovi say nothing, which says plenty.
Market11 Oct 2027
Mladost Zdralovi put Ivan Gilić-Kuko up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Ivan Gilić-Kuko may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- The dugout Denis Ceraj knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Grobnican at home
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Marek Richter