Nenad Bjelica is no longer the coach of Dinamo.
He takes over the bench instead Fabio Cannavaro, the legendary Italian and former Golden Ball, reports Index.
Cannavaro will join the first team at the gathering January 3rd when it will be officially presented.
Unfortunately, score is the most important rule in footballand in 11 rounds in the HNL, we achieved only 4 victories and have one of the worst result streaks in the domestic championship. It is never a good time to change coaches, but we decided to make this move now so that the new coach has time to convey his ideas to the players during the preparations and that everyone is ready to wait for the continuation of the championship.
We want a turnaround in results in HNL. The new coach cultivates the style of play that we need for the return of dominance in the HNL, he builds the game and imposes dominance. It is about great charisma that can convey rich playing experience, but also coaching, considering that he has behind him results in China, where he was the champion.
He is hungry for success and that is why he was waiting for the challenge of a club that belongs to the top and has the ambition to win titles. He knows our team very well, as well as the entire HNL. He knows what goals are ahead of him in Dinamo and he is aware of the situation in which the club is located. The primary task is to return to the top of HNL and continue the good results in Europe, the sports director of the club explained the decision Marko Marić.
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President of the Management Board Zvonimir Manenica he said that the lack of results in the HNL forced the management to accept the option of changing the coach.
The decision of the club management was that we must make the necessary moves to negative crisis stopbecause we haven’t had such results in the domestic championship for a long time. Thanks to coach Bjelica for everything, he did his best, achieved great results in the Champions League, but the domestic championship is the club’s priority and unfortunately there were no results. We have a chance for a new breakthrough for the club in Europe, but we can only do so by winning the title.
We are aware of the risks and responsibilities, and that is why this was not a hasty decision, but which one was analyzed in detail the move is best made without the daily pressure that is daily in Dinamo due to its big ambitions. That’s why we waited with the decision after the game with Varaždin and took time to make a decision in peace. We are aware of our responsibility and that is why we are now looking exclusively towards the future in order to achieve all our goals.
We are primarily focused on the transfer window, we are working very actively on it, but we do not bid on names until it is officially over. We made it imperative that most reinforcements be arranged as soon as possible in order to be with the team as soon as possible and work with the new coach and other teammates.
We presented the financial framework to the Executive Board and the opportunities ahead. A challenging continuation awaits us in which the most important thing is to allow the players and the new coach peaceful and quality preparations in order to achieve the most important goal, which is the defense of the championship title, said Manenica, reports Index.
The decision to dismiss Bjelica came after information appeared in the media on Saturday that the coach of Dinamo was about to be fired, despite the fact that he received the support of the club’s leaders at the end of the season.
Bjelica is like that after his triumphant debut in Dinamo (2018-2020) the second ended in debacle. He was a hero then, and now he’s been sacked just three months after succeeding the sacked one Sergej Jakirović. The team had two faces under him, excellent in the Champions League and desperate in the SHNL.
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