There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Zadar have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Marin Stanisic trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Sesvete? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Tin Vukovic trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Daniel Sucic. 3‑2 against Cibalia, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
“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 Zadar, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Matej Cop has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Zadar know, and have known for weeks.
In brief
MarketThe window shut and Ivan Cop is still in the building
The terracesThe press have found their man in Daniel Perisic
The offer from Cibalia for Damir Bjelica 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.
“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 Zadar, and 0 appearances in 0 say he has earned the hearing.