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The Istra 1961 Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Istra 1961 agree $1.5M for Téo Barišić

The clubs have shaken hands with HNK Rijeka; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Market17 Aug 2026

Not going: Diego Saina stays at Istra 1961

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Jarun Zagreb had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Istra 1961 rebuffed over Bruno Petković

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Kocaelispor have kept their man, and Istra 1961 go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market17 Aug 2026

Istra 1961 pay NK Osijek $1.4M for a proper upgrade

NK Osijek did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $1.4M for Yannick Touré, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.

Market17 Aug 2026

Kustosija come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Istra 1961 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Yannick Touré scored one and made one — 7.52

Two of the goals had his name somewhere on them, which is the afternoon a manager wants from anybody asked to both create and finish. 7.52, and 2 involvements.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Istra 1961

Vinko Rozić 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.

Match15 Aug 2026

A bad afternoon for Istra 1961 against NK Varazdin

2‑3 to NK Varazdin, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Mohamed Nasraoui

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

In brief

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The Istra 1961 Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Yannick Touré is a medical away from Istra 1961

The deal with NK Osijek 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Vinko Rozić signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Vinko Rozić and Istra 1961 agree another 4 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Istra 1961

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

Squad10 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Istra 1961

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

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Istra 1961 rebuffed over Erik Elsnik

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. NK Domzale have kept their man, and Istra 1961 go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

One of their own: Isaac

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match8 Aug 2026

Istra 1961 find a way past HNK Vukovar 1991

HNK Vukovar 1991 made Istra 1961 work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Market10 Aug 2026

Eyes on Diego Saina again

The phone has started ringing about Diego Saina again, and this time the name on the line is Jarun Zagreb. Istra 1961 are listening politely and promising nothing.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Silvio Goričan gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

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The Istra 1961 Post

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad3 Aug 2026

11 saves: Franko Kolić was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 11 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Match1 Aug 2026

Istra 1961 taken apart

0‑6 to Dinamo Zagreb, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Istra 1961 bid $1.4M for Yannick Touré

The offer went to NK Osijek this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Market3 Aug 2026

Varteks come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Istra 1961 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Josip Radošević signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Josip Radošević commits to Istra 1961 for another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Josip Radošević 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 Istra 1961 this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match1 Aug 2026

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Istra 1961 and Dinamo Zagreb in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Istra 1961

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

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Door shut on Jovan Marković

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

In brief