The Jesenice Gazette
Squad16 Oct 2034
Jan Kovač breaks a bone — 96 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 96 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad16 Oct 2034
Rene Kogoi 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 Jesenice this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Oct 2034
Borna Panić 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.
Squad16 Oct 2034
Daniel Darida wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Jesenice can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
The dugout16 Oct 2034
Prokhor Struk asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market16 Oct 2034
No place for Carl Krafth in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Carl Krafth has his answer from Jesenice; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout16 Oct 2034
Daniel Darida 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.
Market16 Oct 2034
The shop window has Niko Škrlec in it
Jesenice have let the market know Niko Škrlec can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market16 Oct 2034
Kristian Dakič linked with a move away
The name of Kristian Dakič keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Jesenice say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Market Prokhor Struk runs his contract down
- The dugout Bas Dumfries gets picked when it counts
- Boardroom Jesenice keep producing them