The Varteks Post
Boardroom29 May 2028
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Varteks
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market29 May 2028
Mikołaj Pomagalski 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 The request is on a desk at Varteks, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout29 May 2028
Mihael Mačković frozen out at Varteks
This is not rotation. Mihael Mačković has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Varteks is pretending otherwise.
Squad29 May 2028
Words exchanged at Varteks
Stipe Vladušić 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.
Squad29 May 2028
Haris Hasanović falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout29 May 2028
Mario Blažević knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Varteks, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout29 May 2028
When it matters, Domagoj Pojer plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market29 May 2028
Varteks put Mario Blažević up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Mario Blažević may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad29 May 2028
Questions about Boyan Dishkov on the training pitch
The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.
In brief
- The dugout Mihael Besek keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Marcelo Modric is out on the grass again