Last time Once A Metro checked in on former New York Red Bulls Academy standout Ismar Tandir, he was a few weeks away from his 21st birthday and settling in with Serbian SuperLeague club Javor Ivanjica. In early January, FIFPro, effectively global soccer's players' union put out a warning:
FIFPro, the world players union, is advising professional footballers not to sign contracts with clubs in Serbia during this month’s transfer window because of worsening working conditions in the Eastern European country.
And the press release only got worse from there.