The Rudes Chronicle
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Merlin Hadzi keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Rudes may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Iker arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Iker has, at Rudes, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Loan watch8 Feb 2027
Ivan Zaverukha counts the days
“I watch every Rudes game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Dugo Selo runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Rudes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Adiele Eriugo 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Sohaib Belarbi signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Sohaib Belarbi and Rudes agree another 5 years.
Market8 Feb 2027
Antoine-Dominique Querci already looking beyond Rudes
He signed expecting a bigger stage than the one he found. It has not taken long, and it has not taken the dressing room long to notice either.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
The manager has not finished forgetting Dominik Mulac's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
Market8 Feb 2027
A long bet from Rudes on Iker
He is 19, and nobody at Rudes signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Noa Skoko named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Noa Skoko is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Luka Savatović
- The dugout Krešimir Kovačević gets picked when it counts
- Market The Krešimir Kovačević talk will not go away