The Slaven Belupo Chronicle
Boardroom7 Dec 2026
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Slaven Belupo
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Ljuban Crepulja in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Slaven Belupo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A row about effort at Slaven Belupo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jon Mersinaj was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom7 Dec 2026
Wages swallow 132% of the Slaven Belupo income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Tomislav Božić gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Karlo Išasegi signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Karlo Išasegi and Slaven Belupo agree another 3 years.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Filip Mažar makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
A promise honoured at Slaven Belupo
Something was said to Filip Mažar and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.
Boardroom7 Dec 2026
$5.0M taken back off the Slaven Belupo table
What was available in the summer has quietly gone. Upstairs nobody will call it a change of ambition; downstairs nobody will call it anything else.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Matej Tomić plays
- The dugout A door opens for Jakob Novak
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Andro Sokač at Dugopolje