The Mladost Zdralovi Courier
Squad5 Jul 2027
David Ivankić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mladost Zdralovi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Door shut on Dawid Kaczor
Mladost Zdralovi asked and Cracovia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Words at Mladost Zdralovi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Josip Tarabarić 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.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Filip Bosak
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Filip Bosak, and the manager let it.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Mladost Zdralovi lose Robert Majer
24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market5 Jul 2027
Mladost Zdralovi and Josip Krznarić are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Mladost Zdralovi ask about Matej Gagulić
A loan enquiry to NK Osijek: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
A loan move for Dmytro Zudin is in the works
Mladost Zdralovi 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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Antoine-Dominique Querci slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Antoine-Dominique Querci is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
In brief
- Boardroom Intake day at the Mladost Zdralovi academy
- The dugout When it matters, Josip Tarabarić plays
- The dugout Josip Krznarić knocks on the manager's door