From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Jul 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market19 Jul 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cukaricki can pretend not to have heard.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 97 days on the sidelines for Lazar Tufegdžić, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
15 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad19 Jul 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 129 days on the sidelines for Lazar Tufegdžić, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market21 Jun 2027
Matija Marsenić has left for Vojvodina in a $190.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 46 days on the sidelines for Luka Đorđević, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad21 Jun 2027
“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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Srđan Mijailović asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market21 Jun 2027
The name of Srđan Mijailović keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Cukaricki say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad14 Jun 2027
Joan Hernández: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Cukaricki have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market14 Jun 2027
The paperwork is done: Matija Gočmanac joins from Vojvodina in a deal worth $520.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad14 Jun 2027
25 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maksim Kličković commits to Cukaricki for another 4 years.
Market14 Jun 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Maksim Kličković has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Cukaricki.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Cukaricki, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market29 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Joan Hernández: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Cukaricki have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The medical room confirms 116 days on the sidelines for Ítalo Pica-Pau, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.