Aleks Pihler disappointed with the way he had to say goodbye to Maribor: “Being kept waiting until the last moment doesn’t seem appropriate to me”
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After long eight years, Aleks Pihler bid farewell to Maribor at the end of the current season. The experienced midfielder doesn’t hide his disappointment because he had to take off the gear of the Styrian giants, but he is even more disappointed with the way he had to say goodbye to the Ljudski vrt.
“To be honest, I was surprised. Precisely because they gave me the feeling that they appreciated me because whenever an unexpected situation occurred and someone was missing or got injured, they could count on me. So, I was surprised mainly from that aspect. I was also getting mixed signals, saying that I would stay, and then on the last day, I was ‘left out’. That surprised me. But as I said, you have to move on,” said the 30-year-old Aleks Pihler to EkipoSN.
Aleks Pihler, who signed for Maribor in 2016 after leaving Zavrč, further revealed that he received the news of his departure at the end of the season, which didn’t sit well with him.
“Completely honestly: I don’t need a farewell match like the one Tavares got. But I would have liked my situation to be clarified a little earlier. Being left to wait until the last day doesn’t seem appropriate to me. Especially because of what we have given to the club, it would have been easier for us if we could have prepared a little earlier for everything if they had told us earlier that we were ending our journey together. I think if they had told us three weeks before the end of the season that our collaboration was ending, I would have played those remaining three games just as well, dedicated until the end. Because they know me, they know my character. And if they were perhaps afraid that I wouldn’t give my all when they told me, I think they were mistaken. And that they could have handled the whole situation more elegantly,” added the former member of Domžale and Kranj’s Triglav.
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