Vladan Bubanja will be a member of Osijek for at least the next six months after joining on loan with an option to buy at the end of the season. Bubanja had left Sarajevo in the summer to join Orenburg for a transfer fee of 850,000 euros. In December, his manager Nikola Tadić told Russian media that Bubanja would seek continuity on loan in the second part of the season due to a lack of playing time. The loan move happened about a month later.

According to SN, Vladan Bubanja is expected to become a new player in Osijek's midfield. The deal is a loan until the end of the season.

Vladan Bubanja, a 26-year-old Montenegrin, is returning to the SuperSport HNL to join Osijek. The defensive midfielder is a player profile coach Sopić had been seeking. Bubanja left Lokomotiva for Sarajevo two years ago before transferring to the Russian club Oldenburg in a deal worth 840,000 euros. After playing eight matches in Russia last autumn, six of which were in the Cup, he arrives at Osijek highly motivated and is seeking to return to the league. Bubanja has earned one cap for Montenegro and has a current market value of €750k.