The Slaven Belupo Chronicle
The terraces29 Nov 2027
The mood at Slaven Belupo has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Boardroom29 Nov 2027
Pressure builds in the Slaven Belupo boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Squad29 Nov 2027
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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
No hiding place for Karlo Sentić
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Karlo Sentić, and the manager let it.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Mihail Caimacov 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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Ivan Cvetko signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ivan Cvetko commits to Slaven Belupo for another 4 years.
In brief
- Market Slaven Belupo sign Niko Vlasic, one for the future
- Market Slaven Belupo buy the years ahead of Milan Bjelica
- Market A long bet from Slaven Belupo on Daniel Pjaca
- Market Slaven Belupo buy the years ahead of Filip Kasalo