The Koper Herald
Squad26 Apr 2027
The knee: Tomas Birsa out for 27 days
27 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Koper lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market26 Apr 2027
Leo Rimac is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Koper is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Haris Mujanić 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 Koper this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market26 Apr 2027
One of our own: Miha Ilicic joins the Koper first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miha Ilicic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Apr 2027
Koper promote Kevin Brekalo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kevin Brekalo 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
One of our own: Benjamin Handanovic joins the Koper first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Benjamin Handanovic is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Words at Koper training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andraž Ruedl is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Loan watch26 Apr 2027
Dajan Durmiši has seen enough of NK Krsko
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Koper, and 6 appearances in 34 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Adriel Walker stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Adriel Walker and Koper agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Fran Tomek
- The dugout Filip Bačkulja knocks on the manager’s door
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Bassirou Ndiaye