The Lokomotiva Zagreb Courier
Squad15 Mar 2027
A falling-out at Lokomotiva Zagreb
Niko Galešić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom15 Mar 2027
Lokomotiva Zagreb still without a manager
14 days since the seat came open, a list of names doing the rounds, and nobody has signed anything. Every week this drags on the shortlist gets shorter.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Lokomotiva Zagreb lose Lovre Kulušić
19 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Marko Pajač
“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 watch15 Mar 2027
Luka Savatović has seen enough of Segesta
“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 Lokomotiva Zagreb, and 5 appearances in 30 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad15 Mar 2027
A row about effort at Lokomotiva Zagreb
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marko Rog was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout15 Mar 2027
Fran Karačić knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Fran Karačić trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market15 Mar 2027
The Fran Topić story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Fran Topić signs something — a contract at Lokomotiva Zagreb or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Loan watch15 Mar 2027
4 goals on loan for Mate Antunović
20 appearances at Podbeskidzie and the goals keep coming. Lokomotiva Zagreb are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
In brief
- Squad Ivan Božić is doing the arithmetic
- The dugout Dušan Vuković has been promised minutes
- Market The shop window has Kauã Alves in it