Théo Epailly

Left Midfielder - HNK Gorica
15 Jul 2027
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Marked for Théo Epailly

50 Edition

The HNK Gorica Herald

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Jul 2027

The knee: Ante Erceg out for 115 days

115 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. HNK Gorica lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market12 Jul 2027

Ante Erceg says no to Djakovo Croatia

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Ante Erceg had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

Fee done, terms next for Karlo Zulfić

HNK Gorica and Dinamo Zagreb have settled on $330.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Market12 Jul 2027

HNK Gorica say no — this time

The offer from Djakovo Croatia for Théo Epailly was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

Marcel Łubik due for a HNK Gorica medical

Everything agreed with FC Augsburg, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad12 Jul 2027

A falling-out at HNK Gorica

Marko Tolić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Luka Kapulica signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luka Kapulica commits to HNK Gorica for another 4 years.

Transfer targets12 Jul 2027

Door shut on Antonio Čolak

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

Market12 Jul 2027

No place for Domagoj Pavičić in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Domagoj Pavičić has his answer from HNK Gorica; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

Back issues
47 Edition

The HNK Gorica Herald

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Jun 2027

A knee injury of the worst kind for Ante Erceg

136 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. HNK Gorica lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market21 Jun 2027

Théo Epailly has said yes to Djakovo Croatia

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. HNK Gorica have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market21 Jun 2027

Hrvace come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and HNK Gorica did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2027

Door shut on Franko Kolić

HNK Gorica asked and Istra 1961 said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Marko Tolić 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 HNK Gorica this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad21 Jun 2027

Marko Tolić is a square peg at HNK Gorica

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2027

A loan move for Fernando Costanza is in the works

HNK Gorica have made the call to Krylya Sovetov. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets21 Jun 2027

A loan move for Marko Dugandžić is in the works

HNK Gorica have made the call to Levski. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Market21 Jun 2027

Experience through the door at HNK Gorica

Krunoslav Hendija arrives at 38 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.

In brief

46 Edition

The HNK Gorica Herald

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad14 Jun 2027

Ante Erceg damages knee ligaments — 143 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 143 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.

Market14 Jun 2027

Ante Erceg says no to Djakovo Croatia

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Ante Erceg had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market14 Jun 2027

Terms done: Bartol Kardum is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Varteks waiting with a shirt. Nobody at HNK Gorica is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market14 Jun 2027

HNK Gorica turn down Grobnican for Théo Epailly

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market14 Jun 2027

Hrvace join the queue for Mateo Leš

Add another name to the list: Hrvace have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Mateo Leš. The answer from HNK Gorica has not changed — yet.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Home comes calling for Marko Tolić

A club from his own country has asked the question, and he has never pretended he did not want to be asked. HNK Gorica have a conversation ahead of them that they will not win with money.

Squad14 Jun 2027

Luka Vrzić signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luka Vrzić commits to HNK Gorica for another 5 years.

Squad14 Jun 2027

A row about effort at HNK Gorica

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

Transfer targets14 Jun 2027

NK Maribor tell HNK Gorica: Luka Mlakar 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.

In brief

21 Edition

The HNK Gorica Herald

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Dec 2026

Darijan Žarkov breaks a bone — 26 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 26 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad21 Dec 2026

A row about effort at HNK Gorica

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

The dugout21 Dec 2026

No hiding place for Hadji Issa Moustapha

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hadji Issa Moustapha, and the manager let it.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

A promise honoured for Théo Epailly

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. HNK Gorica told Théo Epailly something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Tarik Šikalo has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at HNK Gorica will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Ante Erceg asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market21 Dec 2026

The Jurica Pršir story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Jurica Pršir signs something — a contract at HNK Gorica or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Market21 Dec 2026

Still no ink between HNK Gorica and Hadji Issa Moustapha

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at HNK Gorica, another week without a signature from Hadji Issa Moustapha.

Squad21 Dec 2026

“I want to play”: Tarik Šikalo speaks

“I respect the manager and I am not going to sit here and pretend I am happy.” It is the most common sentence in football and it has never once been the end of a story.

In brief