Vi trodde att vi tog i när vi började kalla dem Real Lugi.

Men jämförelsen med Real Madrid duger inte för toksatsande Lugi själva.

– Ska ni kalla oss någonting ska ni kalla oss Barça – det är dom som vinner titlarna, säger tränaren Dragan Brljevic i mitt knäck inför damernas elitserie som ni hittar här.

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Jag tippar också hur damernas grundserie slutar.

Inget revolutionerande, påminner mycket om tränarnas eget tips och hur det såg ut i fjol. Men det känns ju just lättippat.

Här (fjolårets placering i serien inom parentes):
1. Sävehof (1)
2. Lugi (2)
3. Skövde (6)
4. Heid (4)
5. Spårvägen (5)
6. Eslöv (3)
7. Skuru (7)
8. Västerås/Irsta (8)
9. H43/Lundagård (9)
10. H65  (Ny)
11. Kroppskultur (10)
12. Örebro (Ny)

SM-final: Sävehof-Lugi.
SM-guld: Sävehof.

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Sajten Planet Handball har listat sommarens tio största transfers i europahandbollen på både dam- och herrsidan.

Damerna först, och där kvalar Isabelle Gulldén in som trea bakom Gyoris tunga värvningar av Löke och Lekic till sitt Dram Team.

1. Heidi Loke (29, Larvik  – Gyori Audi ETO)
2. Andrea Lekic (24, RK Krim Mercator – Gyori Audi ETO)
3. Issabele Gullden (22, Savehof – Viborg)
4. Marta Mangue Gonzales (28, Team Esbjerg – Zaječar)
5. Maura Visser (26, KIF Vejen – HC Leipzig)
6. Clara Woltering (28, Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Buducnost Podgorica)
7. Marija Jovanovic (26, Buducnost Podgorica– Oltchim Rm.Valcea)
8. Issabele Blanco (32, FC Midtjylland – Larvik)
9. Emilia Turay  (27, Itxako – Rostov)
10. Gorica Acimovic (26, Viborg – Krim Mercator)

Och bland herrarna hittar vi två svenskar på topp-tio (ni får den engelska motiveringen här nedan också):

1. Nikolaj Markussen (23 – Nordsjaeland Handball – BM Atletico Madrid)

Danish giant showed that he will be “surprise surprise” of the season in his first match for the team, which won Super Cup. His potential is so big and the limits are unknown.

2. Slawomir Szmal (32, RNL – Vive Kielce)

Polish goalkeeper already punished his former team, Rhein Neckar Lowen in the EHF CL “Wild Card” tournament. Where is Szmal , there is the Champions League.

3. Olafur Stefansson (38, RNL – AG Copenhagen)

Scandinavian Handball machine is still ready to improve himself and his new team – “Scandi proud”, AG. We will see, how far Copenhagen will go this season, with Olafur, probably, quite far…

4.  Oscar Carlen ( 23, SG Flensburg – HSV Hamburg)

He is injured, but when the Swedish star come back to the court, HSV will have a huge new force for the years to come.

5. Krzysztof Lijewski (28, HSV Hamburg – Rhein Neckar Lowen)

He stayed in Bundesliga to show his full potential without his older brother as a teammate. Lijewski younger has a chance to improve, but this season, without Champions League.

6. Kim Ekdahl Du Rietz (23, Sweden – Nantes)

Swedish left back was one of the best at the WCh in Sweden last January. His transfer was one of the “hottest” handball media stories in the last few months…

7. Iker Romero (31, F.C Barcelona – Fuchse Berlin)

Marketing step or just a mistake? Many handball people, despite his fantastic career, don’t see Iker as an advantage for such tough competition as Bundesliga.

8. Dejan Peric (41,  MKB Veszprem – Celje PL)

Handball legend. Ask fans in Hungary or Slovenia.

9. Viran Morros (28, Ciudad Real – F.C Barcelona)

Spanish star knows how to win trophies with the TOP domestic teams. Last season he didn’t have success, but new team, new season…

10. Denis Buntic (29, Ademar Leon – Vive Targi Kielce)

As a regular member of the successful Croatian national squad, Buntic became serious player with the serious performances. His first matches for the new team proved that…