The Sibenik Post
The dugout15 Jan 2029
Šime Gržan keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sibenik may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market15 Jan 2029
Toni Španja is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sibenik is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A falling-out at Sibenik
Šime Gržan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Sibenik rebuffed over Oleksandr Stepanov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Shakhtar have kept their man, and Sibenik go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market15 Jan 2029
Dino Ivanovic steps up from the Sibenik academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dino Ivanovic 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.
Market15 Jan 2029
Sibenik promote Luka Livaja from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Luka Livaja 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.
Market15 Jan 2029
Goran Colak steps up from the Sibenik academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Goran Colak 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.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Words at Sibenik training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jakov Tikvić 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.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Trey George signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Trey George and Sibenik agree another 4 years.
In brief
- Transfer targets Sibenik try to borrow Donny Malen
- The dugout Marko Mikulić gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Jakov Tikvić knocks on the manager's door