The Solin Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nikola Lakić gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Nikola Lakić has just signed for Solin, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Vedran Dalić signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Vedran Dalić and Solin agree another 3 years.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nino Majdov runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Solin
Ante Knezović and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
One of their own: Karlo Špeljak
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market10 Aug 2026
Solin promote Niko Vlasic from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Niko Vlasic has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Solin promote Tomislav Cop from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tomislav Cop has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Luka Bilic joins the Solin first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luka Bilic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Andrej Colak steps up from the Solin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrej Colak has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Match Karlo Špeljak sends Solin past Mladost Zdralovi
- Squad Nikola Lakić needs a bigger stage
- Player ratings Vedran Dalić was the difference for Solin