The Koper Herald
Market19 Jul 2027
Voluntari come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Koper did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A muscle injury and 16 days out for Filip Damjanović
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Koper will quote 16 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Koper
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.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Koper rebuffed over Marko Dugandžić
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Levski have kept their man, and Koper go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Domen Lovric joins the Koper first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Domen Lovric is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Jul 2027
Koper promote Gregor Birsa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gregor Birsa 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Koper promote Tomas Bijol from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tomas Bijol 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Koper
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Wisdom Sule was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Koper
Hossam Abdelmaguid and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Brice Negouai
- Loan watch Haris Mujanić counts the days
- Transfer targets Koper try to borrow Mahamadou Sangaré