“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hajduk Split can pretend not to have heard.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hajduk Split have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 3 appearances in 19 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A 3-2 win over HNK Vukovar 1991, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
“I did not go to Botev Plovdiv to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hajduk Split and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 16 matches say the rest.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hajduk Split pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hajduk Split can pretend not to have heard.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 3 appearances in 15 say he has earned the hearing.
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hajduk Split can pretend not to have heard.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hajduk Split have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
A 3-1 win over Lokomotiva Zagreb, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 4 appearances in 15 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Zvonimir Šarlija has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Hajduk Split know, and have known for weeks.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
HNK Rijeka will want this one forgotten quickly: 3-0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Hajduk Split were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hajduk Split can pretend not to have heard.
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Hajduk Split have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Hajduk Split that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hajduk Split, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hajduk Split can pretend not to have heard.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hajduk Split have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hajduk Split can pretend not to have heard.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Agustín Fontana and Hajduk Split agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hajduk Split, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The fee is $1.3M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. HNK Rijeka drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hajduk Split is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The fee is $790.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Cibalia drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
The fee is $710.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Lokomotiva Zagreb drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Dmytro Zudin reports back to Hajduk Split with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Matija Subotić is 19, and Hajduk Split have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
The fee is $2.4M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Torres drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
The fee is $1.5M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Al Gaish drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
The fee is $2.2M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Dinamo Zagreb drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Hajduk Split they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The name of Marino Skelin has come up in conversations Hajduk Split were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
This is the season the town will measure the next twenty against. The trophy travels home with the squad, and the route through the streets was agreed days ago.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hajduk Split, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Adrion Pajaziti plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 0 appearances in 15 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 7 appearances in 38 say he has earned the hearing.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hajduk Split have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I did not go to Slaven Belupo to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hajduk Split and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 34 matches say the rest.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hajduk Split pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
“I did not go to Slaven Belupo to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hajduk Split and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 30 matches say the rest.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 7 appearances in 23 say he has earned the hearing.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hajduk Split pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hajduk Split have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I did not go to Slaven Belupo to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hajduk Split and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hajduk Split, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hajduk Split have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Hajduk Split can pretend not to have heard.
The fee is $850.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Lokomotiva Zagreb drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Raul Kumar is 18, and Hajduk Split have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
The fee is $3.2M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Slaven Belupo drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
The name of Davyd Fesyuk has come up in conversations Hajduk Split were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
He is 20, and nobody at Hajduk Split signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Luka Vrzić is 20, and Hajduk Split have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
“I did not go to Slaven Belupo to sit and watch. I want to come back to Hajduk Split and fight for my place.” 7 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Hajduk Split, and 5 appearances in 15 say he has earned the hearing.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
87% of the income goes out in wages at Hajduk Split
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hajduk Split, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hajduk Split have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hajduk Split pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dante Stipica commits to Hajduk Split for another 1 years.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
99% of the income goes out in wages at Hajduk Split
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Utrecht defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Zvonimir Šarlija keeps the shirt for now, at Hajduk Split's convenience rather than his own.
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Abdoulie Sanyang has let it be known that he does not like the way Hajduk Split are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Agustín Fontana will call it something else in private.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hajduk Split, and both men came out saying it was fine.
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Hajduk Split that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Andrés Vombergar will call it something else in private.
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
99% of the income goes out in wages at Hajduk Split
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hajduk Split pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hajduk Split, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
The terracesThe press have found their man in Michele Šego
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hajduk Split, and both men came out saying it was fine.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Hajduk Split pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
A 1-0 win over Slaven Belupo, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The award goes to Hugo Guillamón, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
99% of the income goes out in wages at Hajduk Split
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
The fee is $1.5M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. HNK Rijeka drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
A 1-0 win over Lokomotiva Zagreb, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hajduk Split, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Hugo Guillamón has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Hajduk Split have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
NK Varazdin will want this one forgotten quickly: 3-0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Hajduk Split were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Hajduk Split know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
The terracesThe press cannot get enough of Hugo Guillamón
A 2-1 win over HNK Vukovar 1991, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The name of Mathieu Acapandié has come up in conversations Hajduk Split were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Hajduk Split, and both men came out saying it was fine.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Hajduk Split have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.