Iván Ortiz

Right Forward - Mladost Lucani
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59 Edition

The Mladost Lucani Gazette

13 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad13 Sep 2027

Irfan Hadžić breaks a bone — 105 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 105 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Željko Samčović keeps Mladost Lucani in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market13 Sep 2027

Terms done: Luka Lijeskić is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Akron waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Mladost Lucani is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Match11 Sep 2027

7 matches without a win for Mladost Lucani

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Mladost Lucani are no longer polite ones.

Market13 Sep 2027

Aldrit Oshafi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Mladost Lucani can pretend not to have heard.

Market13 Sep 2027

Pakhtakor come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Mladost Lucani did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Besar Halimi 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 Mladost Lucani this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad13 Sep 2027

Mladost Lucani lose Veljko Markovic

44 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

The dugout13 Sep 2027

The manager makes an example of Nikola Pavlica

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief

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57 Edition

The Mladost Lucani Gazette

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad30 Aug 2027

119 days out for Irfan Hadžić after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Mladost Lucani will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match25 Aug 2027

The cup run ends for Mladost Lucani

0‑1 against Partizan, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.

Market30 Aug 2027

Michael Kelly puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Mladost Lucani, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad30 Aug 2027

Željko Samčović stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match28 Aug 2027

6 matches without a win for Mladost Lucani

The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Mladost Lucani are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings30 Aug 2027

Petar Bojić, 36, rolls back the years — 7.88

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.88 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Transfer targets30 Aug 2027

Uerdi Mara is a medical away from Mladost Lucani

The deal with Crvena Zvezda is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Match28 Aug 2027

Nikola Pavlica’s goal not enough for Mladost Lucani

Nikola Pavlica scored, and precious little else went right: 2‑3 to Novi Pazar, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Transfer targets30 Aug 2027

Crvena Zvezda tell Mladost Lucani: Stefan Tomović 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.

In brief

45 Edition

The Mladost Lucani Gazette

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom7 Jun 2027

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Mladost Lucani

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Market7 Jun 2027

Milan Joksimović puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Mladost Lucani, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market7 Jun 2027

Mladost Lucani turn down Neftchi for David Đokić

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market7 Jun 2027

John Mary has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Mladost Lucani they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad7 Jun 2027

Words exchanged at Mladost Lucani

Besar Halimi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market7 Jun 2027

Napredak join the queue for Jovan Ćirić

Add another name to the list: Napredak have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Jovan Ćirić. The answer from Mladost Lucani has not changed — yet.

Transfer targets7 Jun 2027

Mladost Lucani rebuffed over Filip Marschall

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Cukaricki have kept their man, and Mladost Lucani go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets7 Jun 2027

Mladost Lucani ask about Miloš Krunić

A loan enquiry to Partizan: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Squad7 Jun 2027

Iván Ortiz signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Iván Ortiz and Mladost Lucani agree another 3 years.

In brief

6 Edition

The Atlético Madrid Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market7 Sep 2026

Julián Álvarez hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Atlético Madrid can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom7 Sep 2026

Atlético Madrid close the window on a squad of their own making

16 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market7 Sep 2026

Cristian Romero raises the bar for Atlético Madrid

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Atlético Madrid heard it as anything else.

Transfer targets7 Sep 2026

Door shut on Vitinha

Atlético Madrid asked and Paris Saint-Germain said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Looking ahead7 Sep 2026

Derby week at Atlético Madrid

Real Madrid next, which means a week that starts on Monday. Everything else on this page will be forgotten by Saturday; this fixture will not be forgotten for a year.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Rodrigo Mendoza 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 Atlético Madrid this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Too much change too quickly at Atlético Madrid

6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad7 Sep 2026

A place in the month's best eleven for Robin Le Normand

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Robin Le Normand has come out of that comparison in the side, and Atlético Madrid have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

Squad7 Sep 2026

Atlético Madrid take the armband off Alejandro Grimaldo

It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.

In brief