Ahead of the home match against Celje, Branko Milovanovi\u0107 has also officially taken over the role of Olimpija\u2019s sporting director. The former Serbian footballer brings a wealth of experience from the game, having previously worked at Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Las Palmas and Athens\u2019 AEK. Now a new challenge awaits him in Ljubljana. What else did he say at his presentation?<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s right, I\u2019m on very good terms with the president of Las Palmas, Mr Miguel Angel Ramirez. We worked successfully together for many years, we have a truly sincere relationship and we\u2019ll continue to advise each other. The agreement between the clubs is that we do certain things together, mainly in terms of sharing know-how across different areas. After all, I really wanted to bring Mateo A\u0107imovi\u0107 to Las Palmas and I managed it, even though I argued a lot back then with Mr Igor Bari\u0161i\u0107. Now I\u2019ve decided that we\u2019ll argue together with everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s just over a month left until the end of the first part of the season, but squad planning is already under way. I got straight to work. Olimpija\u2019s team simply has to be even better. Every new arrival has to be better than the players we have now. One of the winter priorities is bringing back a Slovenian who is interesting for this market. In January, we definitely start building the team for next season\u2014and I believe for new European challenges as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for the transfer window, Olimpija\u2019s head coach will draw up his list of positions where he needs reinforcements. Then, together with my scouting team, I\u2019ll prepare a list of three players, and the coach will choose one of them. But the coach\u2019s task is always clear: to get the maximum out of the squad he has available.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me say that Jugoslav Tren\u010dovski is a phenomenal person and he\u2019ll have my full support to stay as long as possible, because that means the team will be winning. For every coach\u2014and for a sporting director too\u2014results matter. I still need some time to get to know him better, but from what I see, he\u2019s doing an excellent job with the players. I really like the way he thinks. If he can translate that onto the pitch and remains my only coach during my time in Ljubljana, I\u2019ll be happiest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ahead of the home match against Celje, Branko Milovanovi\u0107 has also officially taken over the role of Olimpija\u2019s sporting director. The former Serbian footballer brings a wealth of experience from the game, having previously worked at Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Las Palmas and Athens\u2019 AEK. Now a new challenge awaits him in Ljubljana. What else did he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":135923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[882,496],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-https-nkolimpija-si-en-news-first-team-2","category-first-team-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t