The Lucko Gazette
Market24 Jun 2030
Nicolás Carvajal asks to leave Lucko
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom24 Jun 2030
Lucko to lose Semyon Bykov for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Semyon Bykov has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad24 Jun 2030
Matija Jesenović 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.
Transfer targets24 Jun 2030
Door shut on Paolo Doneda
Lucko asked and Dinamo Zagreb said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets24 Jun 2030
A loan move for Niko Pavičić Ivelja is in the works
Lucko have made the call to Hajduk Split. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Boardroom24 Jun 2030
Lucko have to sell first
The manager has a list and the board has a condition attached to it. That is not a crisis — half of football works this way — but it decides which of the two of them gets his way in August.
In brief
- The dugout Marko Boric has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Daniel Katić
- Squad Welcome back, Marko Stanisic