The NK Maribor Post
Squad31 May 2027
A falling-out at NK Maribor
Nejc Viher and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Nejc Viher
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market31 May 2027
Žiga Repas told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Žiga Repas has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at NK Maribor.
Squad31 May 2027
5 new faces, and NK Maribor are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Squad31 May 2027
Kevin Lovric stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Kevin Lovric and NK Maribor agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market31 May 2027
A year gone for Čedomir Bumbić
The loan was meant to give him football. 0 games and 0 goals later he is back at NK Maribor no further forward, and everybody involved will explain why it was not their doing.
The dugout31 May 2027
Matej Tadič knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Matej Tadič trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market31 May 2027
Luka Zahovič linked with a move away
The name of Luka Zahovič keeps appearing in other people's back pages. NK Maribor say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout31 May 2027
Ali Reghba has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at NK Maribor will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Market NK Maribor put Čedomir Bumbić up for sale
- The dugout Benjamin Tetteh has been promised minutes
- Squad The penny has dropped for David Pejičić