A grim end for the French giant: Bordeaux has withdrawn from professional football, and Žan Vipotnik is entering the market as a free agent
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What seemed like a step in the right direction for the further development of his career, which undoubtedly still holds great promise, has now proven to be a rather misguided move in the long term. Žan Vipotnik couldn’t have known when he left Maribor last year that things would turn out as they did. In fact, no one expected this… Bordeaux kept its problems well hidden, but now they have driven the club to the bottom. According to media reports in France, Bordeaux has informed the local football association that it is relinquishing its status as a professional club. In other words: Bordeaux, in the form we know it now, will no longer exist. If it does exist at all, it will have to start anew. From the very bottom.
What this means for the Slovenian at Bordeaux is crystal clear: Žan Vipotnik will soon officially be free to seek a new employer. He is hitting the market as a free agent, which means he will certainly have no trouble finding a new club. According to our information, in recent days, 10 to 15 reputable European clubs have already shown interest in him…
22-year-old Žan Vipotnik made 40 appearances for Bordeaux, a club that has won the French championship six times, and which also had Zinedine Zidane among its players. He scored 10 goals during his time there. He will go down in history as the last top scorer of the club before its downfall…
Also hitting the market is Albert Riera, who had the ideal opportunity last year to become a serial trophy winner with Celje in Slovenia. But the call from Bordeaux, where he had previously played as a footballer, was too strong. Today, he probably regrets accepting it, no matter how bizarre that may sound…
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Author: editorial Football Planet