Roko Cerić

Right Midfielder - HNK Rijeka
11 Mar 2029
Sunday
Process

Marked for Roko Cerić

132 Edition

The HNK Rijeka Chronicle

5 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

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.

Match

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.

Market

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 ratings

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.

Market

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.

Boardroom

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.

Boardroom

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 dugout

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.

Boardroom

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

Back issues
130 Edition

The HNK Rijeka Chronicle

22 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A fracture rules Karlo Muhar out for 46 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.

Market

Terms done: Matej Grahovac is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Pirin Blagoevgrad waiting with a shirt. Nobody at HNK Rijeka is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market

Roko Cerić says no to Radnik Krizevci

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Roko Cerić had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market

Tornike Morchiladze asks to leave HNK Rijeka

“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.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Ante Kuliš

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. HNK Rijeka have done the hard part with NK Osijek, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Transfer targets

No deal for Jona Benkotić at that price

HNK Rijeka offered $1.7M; Lokomotiva Zagreb said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market

HNK Rijeka say no — this time

The offer from NK Domzale for Marino Žeravica 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.

Squad

Maxim Borisko in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at HNK Rijeka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

A promise honoured at HNK Rijeka

Something was said to Tiago Dantas and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

In brief