Igor Barišić talks about the problem Olimpija has when negotiating with Slovenian clubs: ‘When we show interest, the value triples’
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Olimpija was one of the more active Slovenian clubs at the summer market. But let’s be honest: the dragons were mainly buying on the foreign market. It is already true that they are from Aluminij (Mark Brest), but the average zmaji fan would say that’s not enough. For years, the prevailing thought in Ljubljana has been that Olimpija should have a stronger home-grown flavour. Igor Barišić, the Green-Whites’ Business Director, explained why this is not the case.
Igor Barišić claims that Olimpija prefers to look for foreigners because they are easier to negotiate with. The German official pointed out that Slovenian clubs always demand more for their players than is realistic.
“Where are the Slovenian players who are supposed to form the strike core of Olimpija? We have them! We ‘had’ to sell Svit Seslar because we couldn’t prevent him from earning four or five times more than at Olimpija. It also brought us €2 million. The other? We brought Mark Brest. It’s not easy, when Olimpija shows interest in a Slovenian player, his value triples,” Igor Barišić, who has been working for Olimpija since Adam Delius bought the Green-Whites from Milan Mandarić, told Delo.
Igor Barišić: “Two million people in Slovenia…”
Igor Barišić also pointed out the “objective problem” that the Slovenian football market is small and that clubs simply have to resort to foreigners.Slovenia has 2 million people, the player base is smaller, it is difficult to build a quality team with the best Slovenian players and young players on top of that. We also need experienced players, and of course we will have them in the future.”
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