The HNK Rijeka Chronicle
Squad5 Feb 2029
A fracture rules Karlo Muhar out for 31 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason HNK Rijeka will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match31 Jan 2029
HNK Rijeka bow out of the cup
Slaven Belupo go through and HNK Rijeka go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market5 Feb 2029
Not going: Matej Grahovac stays at HNK Rijeka
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Beroe had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Player ratings5 Feb 2029
Roko Cerić, 20, steals the show — 7.62
Marked 7.62 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Market5 Feb 2029
HNK Rijeka say no — this time
The offer from Dinamo Zagreb for Lovre Rogić was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Deadline passes with 4 signed and 10 gone
That is the business done at HNK Rijeka until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
Ivano Udovičić has agreed to leave HNK Rijeka for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
The dugout5 Feb 2029
Dimitri Legbo frozen out at HNK Rijeka
This is not rotation. Dimitri Legbo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at HNK Rijeka is pretending otherwise.
Boardroom5 Feb 2029
HNK Rijeka agree a free transfer for Antonio Borduşanu
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Roko Baturina
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Maxim Borisko
- Squad Tempers go at HNK Rijeka