Nick Salihamidzic, son of former Bayern sporting director, furious at Olimpija: “I’ve never seen anything so unprofessional”
When it became clear that Olimpija would play in the group stage of the Conference League in the autumn, the management of the Ljubljana club rolled up its sleeves. The Dragons have strengthened their squad before the end of the summer transfer period, in order to meet all the challenges of the new season. One of the club’s targets was Nick Salihamidžić, the son of the legendary Hasan Salihamidžić, who until May this year was the sporting director of Bayern from Munich, which was also home to Olimpija’s leading men Adam Delius, Christian Dollinger and Igor Barišić.
As 20-year-old Nick Salihamidžić revealed to the German media, he had more often than not agreed with Olimpija on a transfer to Stožice, but still no contract was signed. The defender, who is currently a member of Bayern’s reserve team, is not hiding his disappointment and even anger about this, publicly accusing Olimpija of being disrespectful and extremely unprofessional.
Nick Salihamidžić: “We sat and waited, and then…”
“I’ve never experienced anything so unprofessional in football,” said Nick Salihamidzic, who was on loan to Cosenza last season. The young footballer went on to say that he received Olimpija’s offer after playing“a very, very good game for the young national team of BiH“. He then revealed that although the Dragons’ initial offer was poor, in the end the club agreed to the terms:“A car, an apartment and the required salary.”
President Adam Delius reportedly gave both the player and his father his word that the contract would actually be signed, which is why Salihamidzic turned down several other clubs. But five days before the end of the summer transfer window, Olimpija suddenly cooled down. Even Hasan Salihamidzic was supposed to come to Ljubljana then, but even that was in vain. “We sat there and waited, and were told several times that we would hear from them tomorrow, and then they cancelled the whole thing. You can’t do that!” added Nick Salihamidzic.
This text was automatically translated using AI.