The HNK Gorica Herald
Squad3 Jan 2028
The knee: Pavle Brnadić out for 18 days
18 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. HNK Gorica lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad3 Jan 2028
81 days out for Jack Armer after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. HNK Gorica will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout3 Jan 2028
Ivan Cvijanović: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” HNK Gorica have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market3 Jan 2028
Kane Miardjo asks to leave HNK Gorica
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Jurica Pršir falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Tempers go at HNK Gorica
Matías Contrera was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets3 Jan 2028
A loan move for Benjamin Budimir is in the works
HNK Gorica have made the call to Sesvete. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets3 Jan 2028
A loan move for Aleks Stojaković is in the works
HNK Gorica have made the call to Dinamo Zagreb. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout3 Jan 2028
Luka Vrzić gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Luka Vrzić is on it.
In brief
- The dugout Ognjen Bakić knocks on the manager's door
- Market Patrik Mijić linked with a move away
- Boardroom Open for business: HNK Gorica enter the window