The Zadar Gazette
Squad18 Jun 2035
Jack Matton damages knee ligaments — 22 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 22 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market18 Jun 2035
Karlo Vrljić 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 Zadar can pretend not to have heard.
Squad18 Jun 2035
Words at Zadar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marin Kovacevic 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.
Boardroom18 Jun 2035
Illia Dziubuk will join Zadar for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Illia Dziubuk has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Zadar have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad18 Jun 2035
Tempers go at Zadar
Karlo Vrljić 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.
Squad18 Jun 2035
Daniel Ivanovic signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniel Ivanovic commits to Zadar for another 3 years.
In brief
- Market Daniel Ivanovic joins Zadar on a free
- Market The clock does Felix Kass’s negotiating for him
- Market Índio leaves for nothing