The Orijent 1919 Sentinel
Market14 Jun 2027
Terms done: Dino Curać is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Lokomotiva Zagreb waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Orijent 1919 is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market14 Jun 2027
Mirko Sušak arrives at Orijent 1919 in a $1.7M statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Orijent 1919 have paid $1.7M for Mirko Sušak, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Orijent 1919 bid $1.3M for Roko Jurišić
The offer went to NK Osijek this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Tedesco is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
The terraces14 Jun 2027
The town asked, and Orijent 1919 paid $1.7M
Mirko Sušak was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $1.7M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
NK Osijek tell Orijent 1919: Ognjen Bakić 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.
Market14 Jun 2027
Mislav Srna steps up from the Orijent 1919 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mislav Srna has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market14 Jun 2027
Ivica Erceg steps up from the Orijent 1919 academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivica Erceg has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Words at Orijent 1919 training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Antonio Galešić 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.
In brief
- Squad This league is too small for Mirko Sušak
- Squad A wage question at Orijent 1919
- The dugout Antonio Galešić knocks on the manager's door