The Jesenice Gazette
Squad25 Jun 2035
Niko Škrlec damages knee ligaments — 32 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 32 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.
Squad25 Jun 2035
A fracture rules Renato Sanches out for 95 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Jesenice will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad25 Jun 2035
Tempers go at Jesenice
Rene Kogoi 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.
Squad25 Jun 2035
A row about effort at Jesenice
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Borna Panić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets25 Jun 2035
Jesenice rebuffed over Jonah te Fruchte
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Olimpija Ljubljana have kept their man, and Jesenice go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom25 Jun 2035
Jesenice are $14.0M in the red
The borrowing is past what the bank agreed, which is the line where a debt stops being how football is financed and starts being a problem. Every phone-in in this town will quote the figure for the next five years.
The dugout25 Jun 2035
No hiding place for Robert Kaminski
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Robert Kaminski, and the manager let it.
Transfer targets25 Jun 2035
Jesenice ask about Oskar Casagrande
A loan enquiry to Olimpija Ljubljana: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Market25 Jun 2035
Jan Kovač linked with a move away
The name of Jan Kovač keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Jesenice say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- Market The clock does Anton Robinson’s negotiating for him
- The dugout Gregor Lovric knocks on the manager's door
- Boardroom The Jesenice production line keeps running