The Beltinci Post
Squad19 Jul 2027
Marin Rantaša damages knee ligaments — 50 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 50 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market19 Jul 2027
Filip Musa 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 The request is on a desk at Beltinci, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Teva Gardies due for a Beltinci medical
Everything agreed with NK Maribor, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Beltinci
Vito Štrakl 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.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Beltinci
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
Beltinci rebuffed over Bor Fefer
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ilirija 1911 have kept their man, and Beltinci go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Beltinci training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Brin Horvat 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Beltinci promote Sandi Lovric from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sandi Lovric 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
Erik Handanovic steps up from the Beltinci academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Erik Handanovic 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 One of our own: Gregor Oblak joins the Beltinci first team
- The dugout A promise honoured for Brin Horvat
- Boardroom Beltinci turn down the training-ground plan