The Opatija Sentinel
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Opatija
Robert Ćosić 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Val Bogolin moves on
Segesta pay $75.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Lokomotiva Zagreb tell Opatija: Duje Reić is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Opatija training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marko Cukon 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Opatija count the cost of losing Daniel Majer
16 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Gabriel Groznica knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Opatija, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market19 Jul 2027
Luka Nižić placed on the list
Opatija have made Luka Nižić available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market19 Jul 2027
Goodness Ajayi linked with a move away
The name of Goodness Ajayi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Opatija say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad19 Jul 2027
An empty peg next to David Skukan
Somebody else’s transfer, somebody else’s headline. What it left at Opatija is a friend gone and a player who keeps looking at the space.
In brief
- Match Nothing left to play for but pride at Opatija
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Ricardo Bagadur