The OFK Beograd Chronicle
Squad18 Apr 2033
A fracture rules Bartłomiej Kłudka out for 102 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason OFK Beograd will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market18 Apr 2033
Uroš Đorđević is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at OFK Beograd is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad18 Apr 2033
A falling-out at OFK Beograd
Aleksej Vukičević and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout18 Apr 2033
Karl Wendt gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout18 Apr 2033
Nikola Jovanović has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at OFK Beograd will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad18 Apr 2033
A row about effort at OFK Beograd
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Roman Sumachev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout18 Apr 2033
Marko Dobrijević knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at OFK Beograd, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Loan watch18 Apr 2033
6 goals on loan for Stanley Amon
29 appearances at Mladost Lucani and the goals keep coming. OFK Beograd are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
Market18 Apr 2033
The Nikola Jovanović story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Nikola Jovanović signs something — a contract at OFK Beograd or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Loan watch Nobody is scoring past Eldin Lolić at Zemun
- The dugout A door opens for Ognjen Ristić
- Squad Pablo Ramírez finally belongs at OFK Beograd