Or rather, it doesn’t. All this talk of slamming shut, deadline day, nonsense. Apart from as an effective synonym for ‘anti-climax’, the deadline day is an exercise in limp non-activity and lurid hyperbole (largely courtesy of Sky Sports).
But, as Slovenia isn’t an island (and, by the way, David Pleat, et al, who are calling for the transfer deadline to occur ‘when the season begins’, it doesn’t start in August for everyone. Countries that have what can legitimately be called winters, such as Slovenia, engineer a winter break and the Slovenes began their season on the 16th July), anyway, as Slovenia exists in the world of football, there were a few comings and goings to note. This will probably be far from exhaustive, so let me know if there are any I’ve missed:
Olimpija centre back David Kašnik has moved to Sheffield Wednesday on loan until January.
Enes Rujovič has also moved from Olimpija, heading for Triglav Kranj.
Maribor have picked up 22 year old Croatian Zoran Lesjak from Nafta Lendava.
Moving the other way, Gabriel Da Silva has moved from Maribor to Nafta on loan.
Mitja Resek also left Maribor on loan, this time heading to Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie.
There’s no Olimpija/Maribor bias on here, it’s just quite tricky to find out about other transfers at the moment!
Goli Gol (the Naked Goal) 