The Napredak Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Napredak say no — this time
The offer from Ušće for Pavle Mihajlović 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Dinamo Moscow tell Napredak: Milan Majstorović 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Napredak
Besar Halimi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Filip Pavlovic steps up from the Napredak academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Filip Pavlovic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ivan Lukic joins the Napredak first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Lukic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Napredak promote Ivan Markovic from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ivan Markovic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Match8 Aug 2026
IMT take the points off Napredak
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nikola Bogdanovski ran the middle of the pitch — 7.07
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 11 combined actions and a mark of 7.07, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Aleksandar Lutovac makes it 200
200 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad The formation has left Andrija Ratković behind
- Looking ahead Nikola Srećković goes back to face Novi Pazar