Robert Elsnik

Right Midfielder - Free Agent
30 Aug 2028
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Robert Elsnik

58 Edition

The NK Krsko Herald

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sven Opačić puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at NK Krsko, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Only the photograph left for Nik Pirc

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Nik Pirc will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around NK Krsko the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Boardroom

NK Krsko close the window on a squad of their own making

13 in and 7 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad

Idris Odutayo 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 NK Krsko this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Gabriel Bačan signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gabriel Bačan commits to NK Krsko for another 5 years.

Squad

Words at NK Krsko training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ivan Ćalušić 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

Door shut on Franco Jaroszewicz

NK Krsko asked and NK Maribor said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

NK Krsko count the cost of losing Robert Elsnik

24 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Jakob Zbašnik

“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.

In brief

Back issues
54 Edition

The NK Krsko Herald

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Cruel end for NK Domzale as NK Krsko pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. NK Krsko scored in the 94th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Market

Nik Pirc has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around NK Krsko they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Match

NK Krsko end the wait against NK Domzale

It had gone 7 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.

Squad

Tempers go at NK Krsko

Sven Opačić 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.

Squad

A row about effort at NK Krsko

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

Transfer targets

Door shut on Svit Sešlar

NK Krsko asked and NK Celje said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Jure Zupan

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Squad

NK Krsko count the cost of losing Robert Elsnik

54 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Match

NK Krsko see off NK Domzale

Three points for NK Krsko, 1‑0 the final word against NK Domzale in a contest settled by the finer margins.

In brief

51 Edition

The NK Krsko Herald

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Patrik Veselić 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.

Market

Terms done: Aleksa Đurasović is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Koper waiting with a shirt. Nobody at NK Krsko is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

The dugout

Tomaž Zakrajšek frozen out at NK Krsko

This is not rotation. Tomaž Zakrajšek has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at NK Krsko is pretending otherwise.

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.

Boardroom

5 academy graduates step up at NK Krsko

Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.

Squad

A row about effort at NK Krsko

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

Transfer targets

NK Krsko rebuffed over Čedomir Bumbić

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. NK Maribor have kept their man, and NK Krsko go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Robert Elsnik steps up from the NK Krsko academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Elsnik 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

Filip Elsnik steps up from the NK Krsko academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Filip Elsnik 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.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Marko Zalokar's mistake
  • Squad Milot Avdyli needs a bigger stage
  • Boardroom NK Krsko say no to the training-ground money