Olimpija’s (too-quickly) crossed-out Portuguese shines in Norway: Hot Samuel Pedro also on the radar of last year’s Turkish champion
Samuel Pedro, with whom he
Olimpija
started to build his now sizable Portuguese colony, left Ljubljana at the beginning of this year without too much fuss. Former Olimpija coach Albert Riera did not want to take him to Turkey for the winter training and it was already clear then that the youngster had no real future in the Slovenian capital. When Samuel Pedro moved to Norway a few weeks later, no one in the Slovenian capital regretted his reputation. But eight months later, the question still arises: did Olimpija make a mistake by not trusting him more, by not believing in him more? Because she wrote him off so quickly?
Samuel Pedro is having a blast in Norway. It’s true that he only plays in the second league, but he has shown enough to attract the interest of many clubs, including Trabzonspor, who were Turkish national champions last season. But the latter is not the only one, the list of clubs accompanying the striker
Jerva
is reportedly much longer. Understandably, 22-year-old Samuel Pedro has scored 10 goals in 12 league games since his transfer.
“Many people are interested in it, but we have no plans to sell it. You must never say never, but it is not realistic that Samuel Pedro would leave us,“, said Jon Ole Reinhardsen, Director of Jerv, about the future of the Portuguese international, who has played 16 games for the Dragons and scored two goals.
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