1‑0 against FC Copenhagen, and a performance that will be described to people who were not there for the rest of the season. Adrion Pajaziti was at the centre of the description.
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hajduk Split will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
5 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Hugo Guillamón was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: El Sayed Elneny. 1‑0 against Slaven Belupo, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Hugo Guillamón was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Ante Rebić falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
“I watch every Hajduk Split game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at HNK Rijeka runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.27 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Ante Rebić falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hajduk Split this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
“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 Hajduk Split, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
SquadThe division's best last weekend was a Hajduk Split man
Player ratingsIker Almena changes it off the bench
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hajduk Split this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Ante Rebić has come out of that comparison in the side, and Hajduk Split have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 94th minute. NK Osijek will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Hugo Guillamón was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Rokas Pukstas has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Masr El Makasa did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $6.3M for El Sayed Elneny, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Ivica Ivušić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: El Sayed Elneny from Masr El Makasa for $6.3M, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Hajduk Split training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hugo Guillamón 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.
The offer from Ghazl El Mahalla for Bassem Fathy 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.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ramadan El Wensh and Masr El Makasa agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Masr El Makasa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Military Production paid $300.0K and Masr El Makasa took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
In brief
SquadWords at Masr El Makasa training over how hard people work
The offer from MC Oran for Mohamed Hassan 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.
The name of El Sayed Elneny has come up in conversations Masr El Makasa were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Bassem Fathy was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Mostafa Sobhi has his answer from Masr El Makasa; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
The terracesThe stands have heard the El Sayed Elneny talk too