Hajduk agrees sale of Bruno Durdov: young winger to continue his career at Górnik Zabrze
According to information published on June 14, 2026, by 24sata and Slobodna Dalmacija, citing Sportske novosti, Hajduk has agreed the sale of Bruno Durdov to Poland’s Górnik Zabrze. The player is an 18-year-old forward who has been among the most prominent young players from Hajduk’s academy in recent seasons, and the deal, according to available information, should bring a transfer fee of slightly less than one million euros. At the time this text was prepared, the transfer had not yet been officially announced on the official club websites of Hajduk and Górnik, so the deal can be described as agreed according to media information, but not as a formally confirmed completed transfer.
If the agreement is carried out in the announced form, Durdov will become Hajduk’s first outgoing transfer of the summer transfer window. For the Split club, this is a financially important deal, but also a sporting decision that opens a series of questions about the direction in which the team will develop ahead of the new season. At Poljud, Durdov had the status of a player with great development potential, but in recent weeks an increasingly wide circle of speculation had formed around his status. According to reports from sports media, the most concrete interest came from Poland, where Górnik clearly sees room to invest in a young attacking player who still has significant space for improvement.
The first outgoing deal of the summer and a signal about Hajduk’s transfer policy
The sale of Bruno Durdov comes at a moment when Hajduk is facing a sensitive summer. The club has to assemble a team for the new season, monitor its financial framework and at the same time decide how much space it wants to give to players who have grown within its own system. In such a context, the departure of an 18-year-old forward is not just an individual transfer, but also a message about how the relationship between sporting potential and immediate income from a sale is currently being assessed at Poljud.
According to the original information, the fee should be slightly less than one million euros. That amount is not negligible, especially when considering that this is a player who has not yet become a standard pillar of the first team. Still, a comparison with market estimates and the earlier interest of other clubs shows why this deal will be discussed among fans and the football public. Transfermarkt, as a specialized portal for market valuations, listed Durdov’s value at 2.5 million euros at the end of May 2026, but such estimates are not official prices and do not mean that a player can necessarily be sold for that amount.
In recent years, Hajduk has often found itself between two pressures: the desire to include as many of its own young players as possible in the team and the need to secure revenue through outgoing transfers. Durdov’s case illustrates that tension well. On the one hand, he is a player who has not yet reached his peak and who, with continuity of playing time, could gain greater market value. On the other hand, the club has clearly assessed that Górnik’s concrete offer is acceptable in the current circumstances.
Durdov entered the first team early and quickly attracted attention
Bruno Durdov was born in Split on December 11, 2007, and Hajduk’s official website states that he is a Croatian citizen and a forward. In the club system, he was recognized as one of the players who could impose himself in senior football after coming through the academy. In November 2024, Hajduk officially announced that Durdov had signed a contract until the summer of 2027, while the club pointed out that the young winger took his first football steps at GOŠK from Kaštel Gomilica and then, in 2015, joined the HNK Hajduk "Luka Kaliterna" Academy.
At the time, the club also recalled his senior debut against Varaždin at Poljud, played on May 5, 2024, when he was 16 years and 146 days old. Such data explain why Durdov was quickly labeled as a major prospect. In a club like Hajduk, where expectations around homegrown talents are always particularly pronounced, early entry into the first team also brings additional pressure. A young player must simultaneously confirm his talent, learn in the rhythm of senior football and cope with the public attention that follows almost every one of his appearances.
According to Hajduk’s official player profile, at the time of verification Durdov had made 54 appearances for the Whites, had been in the starting line-up 14 times, scored four goals and recorded two assists. Those numbers show that he had already had significant contact with the first team, but also that he had not yet profiled himself as an indispensable player in the strongest line-up. It is precisely this intermediate phase that is often the most sensitive in the development of young footballers: the club has to decide whether to keep them and wait for an additional step forward or accept an offer that arrives before the player reaches full value.
Why Górnik Zabrze is a logical but also demanding destination
Górnik Zabrze is not an unknown name in Central European football. It is a Polish club from the city of Zabrze, and according to data from specialized football services and official league sources, Górnik finished the 2025/2026 season near the top of the Polish Ekstraklasa table. TNT Sports’ table for the 2025/2026 season shows Górnik in second place with 56 points, behind Lech from Poznań, while the Polish portal WP SportoweFakty reported that the club from Zabrze will play in the Champions League qualifiers in the 2026/2027 season.
For Durdov, such an environment could be challenging, but also useful. In recent years, the Polish league has increasingly served as a transitional station for players who want continuity in senior football while remaining in a competitively strong European environment. According to available information, Górnik will enter the season with European ambitions, which may mean a larger number of matches, a broader squad and a need for attacking options. For a young winger, this potentially opens up space for minutes, but only if he quickly adapts to the intensity, language, style of play and expectations of the new club.
At the same time, a move to Poland cannot be viewed only as a step toward more playing time. Górnik has its own ambitions and will not bring in a young player exclusively for development without result-related pressure. If it is true that the Polish club is prepared to pay an amount close to one million euros for Durdov, it is clear that a concrete contribution will be expected from him. That is an important change compared with the status he had at Hajduk, where he was a homegrown talent with room for gradual maturation, but also with strong competition in the dressing room.
Financial benefit for Hajduk and the sporting risk of the sale
By selling Durdov, Hajduk receives direct financial income, but the sporting value of the deal will depend on several circumstances that are not yet known to the public. It has not been officially confirmed whether the agreement includes additional bonuses, a percentage of a future transfer or other clauses that are common in the sale of young players. Such details often decisively influence the final assessment of a transfer, because the initial fee does not have to be the only money the club can earn from the player.
If there is a percentage of a future sale in the contract, Hajduk could profit in the long term even after Durdov’s departure from Poland. If there is no such clause, the deal will be assessed almost exclusively through the immediate fee and the judgment of whether the club gave up too early on its own talent. That is precisely why it is important to emphasize that a final judgment on the transfer cannot be made solely on the basis of the published basic figure. Clubs increasingly structure deals so that a smaller fixed amount is supplemented by bonuses for appearances, results, national-team status or further sale.
The sporting risk for Hajduk lies in the possibility that Durdov quickly makes a step forward in his new environment and becomes a player of greater market value. In that case, a debate could open at Poljud about whether the sale was premature. But there is also another side to that assessment. If the coaching staff and sporting department believe that the player would not get enough space in the short term or that his position is not crucial to the plans for the new season, a sale for a concrete amount can fit into a broader squad strategy.
The departure of a young player raises the question of space for a new generation
Durdov’s departure is particularly sensitive because Hajduk is a club that always publicly emphasizes the importance of its own school. The "Luka Kaliterna" Academy has traditionally been one of the foundations of the Split club’s identity, and fans follow every decision related to young players with particular attention. When a talent from that academy leaves before becoming a regular first-team player, the question naturally arises whether the club could have gained more from him on the pitch or on the market.
According to data published by Hajduk when he signed his professional contract, Durdov arrived in the club system back in 2015. This means that he went through almost his entire formative path in the white shirt. Such players generally carry additional symbolic weight because they represent a combination of a local story, academy work and the idea that the first team can be built from within its own setup. At the same time, modern football rarely allows romantic logic without financial calculations. Clubs must weigh offers, contract timelines, development ceilings and the current needs of the first team.
In that sense, Durdov’s transfer may be an introduction to a broader discussion about whether Hajduk will sell more young players this summer. The original text states that his departure opens precisely that question. For now, there is no official confirmation that other young players are close to outgoing transfers, but the very start of the summer window shows that Poljud will be an active place of negotiations. Every subsequent decision will further show what kind of balance the club wants to establish between results, development and revenue.
Market context: why the fee amount provokes different interpretations
An amount slightly below one million euros can be interpreted in several ways. For a player who is 18 years old, under contract until 2027 and already has senior appearances recorded, part of the public would expect a higher fee. Such an expectation is further strengthened by the market valuations of specialized portals and earlier media reports about interest from clubs in stronger European leagues. However, the real transfer price does not depend only on talent, but also on the player’s role in the team, minutes played, contract situation, the club’s negotiating position and the buyer’s willingness to immediately pay the requested amount.
Transfermarkt states that Durdov’s contract with Hajduk runs until June 30, 2027, which means that entering the final year of the contract can be an important element of negotiations. When a player approaches the final year of his contract, clubs often have to decide whether they will try to extend the cooperation, risk a drop in price or accept the current offer. In such circumstances, a fee that at first glance appears lower than the estimated market value may be the result of a broader negotiating context, and not necessarily only a sporting assessment of the player’s quality.
It is also important that the value of young players often changes very quickly. A few good months can significantly raise the price, but a lack of playing time, an injury or stagnation can reduce it just as quickly. Hajduk therefore had to assess not only how much Durdov is worth today, but also how likely it is that he would get the conditions in Split for a stronger step forward. According to available information, Górnik decided to take on that development risk and pay a fee for a player who still has to confirm continuity at senior level.
The transfer still awaits official confirmation from the clubs
Although media reports say that the deal has been agreed, official confirmation from the two clubs will be key for the final details of the transfer. Only from club announcements will it be possible to see whether the length of the contract, the exact fee amount, possible bonuses and the words of the player himself or the sporting directors will be published. Until then, the most precise formulation remains that Hajduk, according to available information from sports media, has agreed the sale of Durdov to Górnik Zabrze.
For Hajduk, this deal brings the first income from an outgoing transfer in the summer window and possible room for further squad moves. For Durdov, meanwhile, the transfer means leaving the environment in which he grew up as a footballer and the beginning of a new phase in a league that can offer him a different development path. Whether the deal proves good for all sides will depend on how quickly he settles in Zabrze, what role he gets in the team and whether Hajduk manages to compensate for the departure of a player who had long been regarded at Poljud as one of the more interesting projects of its own school.
Sources:
- 24sata – report on the agreed sale of Bruno Durdov from Hajduk to Górnik Zabrze and the approximate fee (link)
- Slobodna Dalmacija / Sportske novosti – report on the transfer, the context of the negotiations and the announced move to Poland (link)
- HNK Hajduk Split – official profile of Bruno Durdov with basic information and club statistics (link)
- HNK Hajduk Split – official announcement about Durdov’s contract until the summer of 2027 and his development through the club academy (link)
- Transfermarkt – player profile with contract information, position and market valuation (link)
- Croatian Football Federation, Semafor – official player profile in domestic competitions (link)
- TNT Sports – Polish Ekstraklasa 2025/2026 table with Górnik Zabrze’s placement (link)
- WP SportoweFakty – report on Górnik Zabrze and the Champions League qualifiers in the 2026/2027 season (link)