The ND Gorica Courier
Squad19 Jul 2027
A fracture rules Cene Kitek out for 16 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason ND Gorica will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market19 Jul 2027
Olimpija Ljubljana come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and ND Gorica did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Čedomir Bumbić is a medical away from ND Gorica
The deal with NK Maribor is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Andrija Drljo 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 ND Gorica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at ND Gorica
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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A row about effort at ND Gorica
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Filip Pobi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Koper tell ND Gorica: Jean-Pierre Longonda 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
ND Gorica promote Benjamin Handanovic from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Handanovic 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
Kevin Bijol steps up from the ND Gorica academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kevin Bijol 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
- Market ND Gorica promote Gregor Oblak from within
- The dugout No hiding place for Tilen Vendramin
- Squad Tomislav Knežević is a square peg at ND Gorica