Dinamo trying to bring in either Beljo or Roko Simic, Simic is on an expiring contract with Salzburg so he might be more attainable. They have signed Loko players Cavlina and Soticek, but Cavlina goes straight to loan to Osijek; Kacavenda who is recovering from injury will likely go to Loko on loan. They have also loaned out Topic to Zrinjski Mostar, he was getting some minutes with Biscan but since then has struggled (scored only two goals on loan at Rudes). Vidovic and Kaneko have officially returned to their clubs, Dinamo not willing to pay the asking price for either player. Drmic and Halilovic leave as free agents. They are close to signing former Rijeka midfielder, Adam Cerin, currently at the Euros with Slovenia and with Pananthinaikos and a Spanish center-back Raul Torrente on a free from Granada

Both Dinamo and Hajduk have changed kit makers; Hajduk will switch to Adidas (no wonder all the Macron shit was 60% off when I was in Croatia ) and Dinamo will have their kits made by Castore. As of now they haven't released the official kits which is strange as the season starts in about a month. The one leaked Hajduk kit looks like something from DHGate but it seems like a troll job

 

Beljo and Soticek turn down Dinamo. Beljo is not certain he would play much there if Petkovic stays while Soticek is asking for a higher salary

 

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Former national team striker Ivan Santini signs for Sibenik, at 35 though probably past it, didn’t have a good scoring rate in Switzerland last few seasons

 

Soticek to Dinamo is looking less likely, instead they are turning their focus on a Colombian winger Juan Cordoba who is a member of the Colombian youth NT (he has interest from MLS as well). Another incoming player seems to be Samy Mmaee, Moroccan CB who was last playing in Hungary

 

Talented Dinamo youngster Gabriel Rukavina joins Rijeka on a permanent transfer. He spent last season on loan at Gorica. There is a rumor this move might be used as a way to bring Marco Pasalic to Dinamo

 

Bertrand Layec from France in the new director of referees for the HNL. He was a long time Ligue 1 referee and refed at the international level for UEFA. He was head of referees in France, Belgium and Cyprus. No news yet whether they will continue to hire foreign refs for the derby matches (I believe they won't to start)

 

Looks like Gorica is the new Lokomotiva Today they loaned in three young players from the Dinamo academy, the most notable is Toni Majic, striker from the Croatia U17s who was pretty prolific for the NT and Vito Caic who was at Velez last season on loan. They also bring in Mikanovic who was surplus at Hajduk

 

Mierez has been sold to a club in the UAE for about 3m euros, huge blow for Osijek, they have youngster Matkovic who is somewhat hyped but it will be hard to replace the Argentinean

Rijeka sign former Dinamo striker Komen Andric who spent the last few years in France where he didn't have much success

Dinamo close to signing Colombian winger Juan Cordoba for nearly 2m euros, he turned down moves to MLS and Saudi Arabia to sign for Dinamo, has some good numbers in their domestic league, was top 10 in scoring for the 2024 Apertura (South American league usually do split-seasons)

 

Petkovic signs a contract extension with Dinamo until 2026

 

Sibenik won again. Beat Slaven 2-0

 

Good start to the season for Sibenik with wins in their first two games and today in front of a good crowd. Still early days but could put some pressure on the more traditional teams (Slaven, Gorica, Istra most notably) to avoid the drop

 

Out of nowhere Rijeka sack Sopic few days before their big match against Elfsborg. For me personally good riddance I don’t have to read/hear his “philosophy” anymore, go to the Middle East

 

Anyone have the latest on what's happening with Rijekas stadium? What's the timeframe

 

Domagoj Antolic returns to the HNL and will sign for Lokomotiva after playing years in Saudi Arabia, even before it was 'mainstream' ( )

 

Sibenik on a roll so far, if anything that makes the relegation race interesting, we could see a more traditional side like Slaven go down

Also I’m calling it now, Carevic will be Hajduk manager by end of the season

 

Kulenovic for the NT.. meh i dont know

 

Radeljic sacked, new Slaven manager will be Mario Kovacevic who stepped down from Varazdin last season due to health reasons

 

Stipe Perica signs for Rijeka, decent signing on paper but he didn't really succeed anywhere abroad

 

 

Dinamo is done.

 

They'll still win the league but this is pretty funny.

 

A lot of the national team players on Dinamo are in bad form, notably Petkovic who looks like he checked out once he got that contract (didn't realize he just turned 30, forget about going abroad now), even Baturina is struggling

 

I'm not suggesting what you wrote is not true, but clearly their biggest problem is their defense. How the absolute train wreck of Kévin Théophile-Catherine still plays on that team is mind blowing.

 

Bjelica seems to be the favorite to return to Dinamo, but there are some contractual issues with Union Berlin where technically he is still under contract for another year

Here is the Round of 16 cup draw, somehow a fifth divison side made it this far, they are playing Rijeka at home. Two HNL matchups already

Bjelovar (III) vs. Dinamo Zagreb
Mladost Zdralovi (III) vs. Hajduk Split
Bednja Beletinac (V) vs. Rijeka
Dugopolje (II) vs. Lokomotiva Zagreb
Slavonija Pozega (IV) vs. Osijek
Varazdin vs. Gorica
Rudes (II) vs. Istra 1961
Sibenik vs. Slaven Belupo

 

Bjelica officially named manager of Dinamo, seemed he was the #1 choice from the start but there were approaches to Fabio Cannavaro