Kevin Kampl

Attacking Midfielder (R) - NK Krsko U18
2 Mar 2031
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The NK Krsko Herald

20 May 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A falling-out at NK Krsko

Niki Radovič and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at NK Krsko

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bassirou Ndiaye was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Pavel Rassolko 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.

The dugout

Benjamin Cerin has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at NK Krsko 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.

Market

Aleksa Đurasović runs his contract down

2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs NK Krsko money.

The dugout

Filip Sesko knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at NK Krsko, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

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156 Edition

The NK Krsko Herald

23 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

NK Krsko taken apart

0‑4 to NK Maribor, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Market

Inas Kukavica hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what NK Krsko can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Marko Zalokar stands alone

8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad

Maxim Kovzikov is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Boardroom

Graduation day at NK Krsko

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Squad

Words at NK Krsko training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bassirou Ndiaye 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.

Transfer targets

NK Domzale tell NK Krsko: Domen Kurtovic is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

Sandi Ilicic steps up from the NK Krsko academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sandi Ilicic has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

One of our own: Filip Lovric joins the NK Krsko first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Filip Lovric is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief