The Rudes Chronicle
Squad11 Jun 2029
A falling-out at Rudes
Ivan Žutić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad11 Jun 2029
Words at Rudes training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ante Sušak 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.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2029
Dinamo Zagreb tell Rudes: Will Forrester 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.
Transfer targets11 Jun 2029
A loan move for Mario Mladenovski is in the works
Rudes have made the call to Istra 1961. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Market11 Jun 2029
The Stipe Duvnjak conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Segesta will make the call about Stipe Duvnjak this week. Rudes have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
The dugout11 Jun 2029
Duje Erceg knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Duje Erceg trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout11 Jun 2029
When it matters, Noa Bilić 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.
Market11 Jun 2029
Karlo Kralj linked with a move away
The name of Karlo Kralj keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Rudes say nothing, which says plenty.
Match11 Jun 2029
Rudes in the hunt for Europe
Position 4, 26 points, and a run-in that decides whether next season has Thursday nights in it. Nobody is calling it a race yet, which is what people say during one.
In brief
- Market Dario Ivanovic leaves for nothing
- Market Anton Kabuan’s agent stirs the pot again
- The dugout Stipe Duvnjak keeps his manager's vote