Benjamin Verbič is once again left without a performance in Europe: Will his old acquaintance from Northern Europe end the agony of the Slovenian representative?
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After Panathinaikos quite confidently eliminated young Slovenian midfielder Alen Korošec and his Botev from the Europa League, the club from Athens is rapidly preparing for a much tougher opponent. PAO will face Ajax, and neither in the first nor in the second match against the giant from Amsterdam will Benjamin Verbič definitely play. The Slovenian national team player has, for the second year in a row, not been registered by his club for Europe. Well, he was in the squad against Botev and played a meager minute, but against Ajax, we certainly won’t see him on the field or on the bench.
Diego Alonso, the new coach of Panathinaikos and former player of Celje, did not register him for the match against Ajax, which many media in Greece consider a clear message to the player that in the 2024/25 season, he will only play regularly if he finds a new employer. The Uruguayan is said to have already made the decision that Benjamin Verbič will not play a significant role under him and that he can look for a new environment regarding him.
Verbič has a salary that could be a problem
However, the problem for all those who find Benjamin Verbič interesting could be his salary. The 30-year-old is said to earn as much as 850,000 euros this season in Greece, which is certainly an amount that makes it worth waiting a bit… How Benjamin Verbič, who has played 58 matches for Panathinaikos, scoring 7 goals, will decide is certainly interesting to see, but the news of the “”rejection”” he received from Diego Alonso has reached all the way to Denmark. Some media there hint that Copenhagen could easily acquire the player, “”who wouldn’t need to be told twice to return to Denmark“”…
Benjamin Verbič spent the golden period of his career at Copenhagen, scoring a substantial 22 goals in 99 matches and adding 15 assists to his statistics, which was enough for a 4 million euro transfer to Dinamo Kyiv. During the Euro 2024, the player, who also played for Warsaw’s Legia, openly admitted that he would be more than happy to wear the jersey of the mentioned Danish giant again…
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