PLETIKOSA IN LIMBO, STILL NO MOVE FOR KLASNIĆ

PLETIKOSA PRAYS FOR A TRANSFER

The Russian Premier League will resume its season this Saturday after a short one-month long summer break. Spartak Moscow currently sit in third place only four points behind leaders FK Rubin Kazan.

Although Spartak is doing well this season, Croatian goalie Stipe Pletikosa has not been involved in any of his club's games since a 3-1 loss to FC Moscow on April 11th. That means Pletikosa has not played competitive soccer in three months! This is an absolute disgrace for Croatia as they cannot use Pleti if he is out of form.

It bothers me that Spartak has not yet unloaded Pletikosa this summer. They had a perfect window of opportunity in the past month and did nothing with it. If Stipe doesn't make a move happen soon his Croatian career could very well be coming to an end should he remain a #2 in Russia for another year.

LATEST NEWS ON PLETIKOSA, FROM JUNE

Let the debate begin...

WHERE WILL KLASNIĆ PLAY NEXT?

Ivan Klasnić is coming off a horrible season with Ligue 1 side Nantes where he only scored six goals in 28 appearances. Now that Nantes has been relegated back down to the French second division, no one expects Klasnić to stay with the team.

His best move is to move back to Germany where he had so much success with Werder Bremen. Schalke or Stuttgart would be ideal for Klasnić.


This post was written due to popular demand by Prva Generacija.

WHAT IN THE WORLD WILL DARIJO SRNA DO?

IS SRNA CONFUSED?

Darijo Srna was linked with some of the biggest clubs in Europe only a few weeks ago. Rumors of the Croatian winger moving to Champions League holders Barcelona seemed to have almost become a reality. Now- nothing!

So what happened? Why did the offers just stop like that so suddenly?

If I had to put money on it, I would say Srna has already made his decision and will remain captain of UEFA Cup champions Shakhtar Donetsk. But anything can happen in the summer transfer window so we're just going to have to sit and be patient until official news out of Ukraine is released.

Srna was also linked with Liverpool, Bayern Munich and AC Milan.

MODRIĆ, ĆORLUKA ON SPURS TRADE BLOCK?

It is being reported at both Goal.com and Net.hr that Tottenham is willing to sell any of their players this summer except for Jonathan Woodgate, Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe.

Of course this is just a business move by Spurs management to lure interest from other clubs across Europe, but do they really have the guts to sell Luka Modrić or Vedran Ćorluka?

Should Tottenham actually complete the selling of a Croatian; where would you like to see Vedran or Luka play?

I'd like to see them go to Bayern Munich and join Olić and Pranjić. Then the next step is to replace Bayern's T-Com sponsorship with Karlovačko. Anyone with me? (I'm kidding of course.)

BBB STOP FRIENDLY IN AUSTRIA

Yes ladies and gentlemen, the BBB work hard in the summer as well.

Dinamo Zagreb played a friendly against Steaua Bucharest in Austria on July 5th; only for the match to be called off in the 85th minute due to BBB interference. Members of Dinamo's illustrious club were trouble from the beginning.

The Bad Blue Boys lit flares from grass stands overlooking the field, stole corner flags and ultimately swarmed the pitch before the game was even done in the afternoon matinee. Dinamo lost 1-0.

All in all, it was yet another bad move in representing Croatia as Dinamo will now go home early without playing their final friendly which was planned for July 8th.

I'll let the photos and videos from the following articles do the talking for me:

SPORTSKE NOVOSTI

NET.HR

INDEX.HR

SVIRČIĆ LOSES WALLET, PART DEUX

Last Saturday, June 27th, Ante Kvartuč was kind enough to feature me in a story on CSR. Here is that Previous Story for those of you hibernating this summer.

Today, I managed to catch up with the man behind the truth, Dane Maretić. After visiting the police station for a second time to recover his name and phone number, playing phone tag for a few days, and figuring out where to find the lad, I finally met with the founder of my wallet.

We met on the Šibenska Riviera , had a drink, cracked a few jokes, and exchanged gifts like captains of football clubs. He presented me with a few Šibenik Županija car window banners and i gifted him a bottle of whiskey.

Photo: Denis Svirčić, Dane Maretić holding my wallet for hopefully the last time

A very special thanks to Dane Maretić Šibensko Kninsko Županija

~ Denis Svirčić, reporting from Šibenik, Croatia

HNL 'LIGA 16' TO BE DISBANDED

Numerous newspapers out of Croatia are reporting that the HNL will disband their experimental 'Liga 16' immediately after the current 2009-10 season. This is one of the quickest reversals I have ever seen in professional sports.

Only weeks after the HNS decided to add four more teams to the already 'watered-down' Prva Liga, they are now rescinding their decision and will have a new plan and layout for the 2010-11 season.

Now the question is: Will they go back to 12 teams or consolidate the Prva Liga even more?

I would personally like to see Croatia hold eight teams in their top tier of football as the competition would keep teams and fans alike more honest. Although, I would not have an issue with 10 teams.