Milivoje Novaković surprised by transfer market: “Strange that more players didn’t change club colours”
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After Slovenia impressed at the EURO 2024, it was expected that the summer transfer window would bring several notable moves for Kek’s players. However, this was not entirely the case. Even Jaka Bijol, who was among the best defenders in the tournament in Germany, has – for example – remained with Udinese. Legendary Milivoje Novaković did not hide his disappointment regarding the summer transfer market.
“We showed very good performances at the European Championship, and we have quite a young squad, so I find it strange that more players didn’t change clubs,” Novaković told STA, a former forward for Köln and now a member of the Slovenian national team’s coaching staff.
The Ljubljana native, who ended his career in a Maribor shirt, where Novaković’s national team colleague Boštjan Cesar is expected to soon take over as coach, further admitted he was disappointed with the results of the transfer window, as he believed more players would take a step forward in their careers and sign with clubs from better leagues.
Novaković: “We need to take a step forward”
“I find it strange that more Slovenian representatives didn’t make the leap to new clubs. I wonder who these players are in the hands of, who their agents are,” Milivoje Novaković was critical of the agents of Slovenian footballers as well.
Today, at the age of 45, Milivoje Novaković, who scored 44 goals in 108 matches in the elite German Bundesliga, concluded: “I think we need to take a step forward in promoting our players better, as we can all benefit from this, including the country. This needs to be discussed more broadly in football circles. Perhaps Slovenia needs one person, one agent who knows the environment and has the breadth to sell our players better. After all, why can players from other national teams in this region be sold?”
This text was automatically translated using AI.
Author: editorial Football Planet