The Dinamo Zagreb Gazette
Match24 Jul 2027
Dion Beljo leads the rout of Istra 1961
3‑0, and Dion Beljo took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Dinamo Zagreb tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
The dugout26 Jul 2027
Mohamed Abo Fani keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Dinamo Zagreb may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
No deal for Matías Palacios at that price
Dinamo Zagreb offered $11.0M; Al Ain said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market26 Jul 2027
Lukas Kačavenda says no to WSG Tirol
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Lukas Kačavenda had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
Mislav Oršić, 34, rolls back the years — 8.22
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.22 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Match24 Jul 2027
9 unbeaten for Dinamo Zagreb
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Dinamo Zagreb did not have in the autumn.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
A defender's goal wins it for Dinamo Zagreb — 7.63
1 for Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, marked 7.63, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Player ratings26 Jul 2027
A hand in 2 of them from Dion Beljo — 7.99
Marked 7.99. There is a kind of forward whose value only shows up when you count what he was involved in rather than what he finished, and this is the day that argument makes itself.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
Graduation day at Dinamo Zagreb
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Dinamo Zagreb
- Squad A falling-out at Dinamo Zagreb
- Market One of our own: Mislav Erceg joins the Dinamo Zagreb first team