"Georgia is a killer. We did not want to sell him."
Goran Grekinic, the technical director of Chukrychki who sold Juvanovic, gives us a glimpse into the dramatic week during which the Serbian striker was sold to Maccabi Tel Aviv in one of the highest deals in the history of Israeli football.
Yaniv Tuchman
05/02/2022
Saturday, 05 February 2022, 10:00
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"We did not plan to sell Georgia Juvanovic this season and we did not want to take this step even when the request came from Maccabi Tel Aviv," Goran Grekinic, the technical director of the Serbian club Chukrychki, said last night (Friday). Walla!
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Chukrychki, a modest club from the city of Belgrade, is the one who sold the Serbian striker to Maccabi Tel Aviv for 1.9 million euros, and Grekinic gave us a glimpse of everything that was behind the scenes in one of the highest acquisitions in the history of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
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Karstitch and Ivica's fitness coach also played an important part in his arrival at Maccabi Tel Aviv (Photo: GettyImages, Isosport / MB Media)
"Sasha Ilyich, our coach who is a legend here in Serbia, did not want us to be sold," Gerkinic went on to describe.
"We are in third place this season, ahead of the return of the winter break, and he said he wants Georgia to stay. Also this season we sold a high-stakes player to Italy, left-back Dmitry Kamenovic for 3 million euros, and was not pressured to sell C either. Georgia, but much because of Mladen Krestajic we decided to do it, even though we knew that if Georgia gives another half season as he has given so far, we can sell for a much higher amount. Georgia was already with "11 goals in 15 games and in my opinion he would have finished the season here easily with 20 goals - then in the summer there would have been offers higher than the 1.9 million euros we received from Maccabi Tel Aviv."
There were also offers in this window from what we understand
"There was an offer from Sparta Prague and there was an offer from a group in the United States,
"There was an application but it was not official, so I refer to it less."
Negotiations between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Chukrychki were very quick, says Gerkinic.
"The first request was to our sports director Vladimir Mathiasevich. He was the first to receive the phone call from Maccabi Tel Aviv and he of course updated club president Dragan Obradovich and me. The preference was not to sell, but Krastić is a person we respect very much and we had another reason."
What is it?
"Our club employs Darko Obradovich, who was Vladimir Ivitch's fitness coach at Maccabi Tel Aviv. When he heard that Georgia could move to Maccabi Tel Aviv, he told us: 'Maccabi Tel Aviv is like Real Madrid in Israel.' We decided for all reasons to sell. Darko came to me after the sale and said to me: 'I hope you brought big bonuses to the deal because Georgia will be the best striker in Israel.'
He is already happy in Tel Aviv.
Georgia Juvanovic in the premiere training (Photo: Official website, courtesy of Maccabi Tel Aviv)
But you have 15 percent of a future sale
"True, we left that to ourselves."
And will it come true?
"I'm convinced so. I do not know if it will be at the end of the season, but in a year or a year and a half I am convinced that Maccabi Tel Aviv will sell him for a higher amount than she paid us and we will also enjoy future percentages. Georgia is a killer. You will see It's. Obviously every player needs luck and it does not press a button on the machine, but I believe so much in him. He is a talented player, a man of work, a professional and also very important, he is a family man. He is 22 years old with a wife and two children. "To go the furthest. He was sold from a partisan when he was very young to Belgium and after that he also moved to Spain."
"Yes, but he
was very young and there are many reasons why a player who leaves Serbia at a young age does not make the career he wants. Now that he is 22, it is his time and I am convinced that Maccabi Tel Aviv will benefit from him."
At a hotel in Antalya before leaving for the field.
Juvanovic and Gerkinic (Photo: courtesy of the photographers)
Is this one of the high deals you made?
"Chukrichki is a modest club in the city of Belgrade, but it is a professional club run by excellent professionals and has a very high quality and serious home. I worked in several places before I came here. For about 15 years we played against Petah Tikva, which was coached by Guy Luzon, who later moved to coach in Belgium. "Million euros. Georgia Juvanovic is one of the best players we have sold."
You said goodbye to him when you were in a training camp in Antalya
"Exactly like that. You're talking to me now when I just landed in Belgrade from Antalya. We were there in training camp when the offer came from Maccabi Tel Aviv and from there we managed the contacts. I took Georgia to the field for his flight from Antalya to Istanbul and from there to Israel and said to him: ' "May you be happy. I strongly believe in you." To my joy from his short time in Tel Aviv, he is already happy. Now he has to start conquering for Maccabi Tel Aviv and later make the career he deserves. "
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