The Napredak Courier
Player ratings24 Jul 2028
A brace, and Andrija Majdevac takes the afternoon — 8.76
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Andrija Majdevac provided it, and the 8.76 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market24 Jul 2028
Conor Masterson has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Napredak they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market24 Jul 2028
Pavle Mihajlović 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 The request is on a desk at Napredak, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout24 Jul 2028
Aleksandar Simić says Napredak went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
The paperwork begins on Stefan Mladenovski
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Napredak have done the hard part with Crvena Zvezda, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Marco Onisiwo turns down Napredak
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: LASK keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Words exchanged at Napredak
Nemanja Kalat 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.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Napredak
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Besiktas tell Napredak: Milot Rashica 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.
In brief
- Match Napredak get the job done against Zeleznicar Pancevo
- Market Napredak promote Nenad Gacinovic from within
- Market One of our own: Dusan Dimitrijevic joins the Napredak first team