The Istra 1961 Post
Market14 Feb 2028
Matías Sánchez asks to leave Istra 1961
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Hrvoje Modric keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Istra 1961 may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market14 Feb 2028
Only the photograph left for Konstantinos Sotiriou
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Konstantinos Sotiriou will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Istra 1961 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Istra 1961
Vinko Rozić was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Rodrigo Lemos out for 99 days
The medical room confirms 99 days on the sidelines for Rodrigo Lemos, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Istra 1961 lose Sime Bilic
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
- Market Rodina are about to pick up the phone
- Market The Stjepan Lončar talk will not go away