Marković will stay until the end of the Champions League

The captain's armband does not change hands - Milan Marković will once again lead the volleyball players of Budva Riviera in the Champions League, with which the management of the Budva club began to assemble a mosaic for the next season.

Marković was one of the players whose contract expired, and a new agreement was reached by the end of Budvan's appearance in the LŠ.

"That was my condition, to be free after the Champions League, and President Miloš Marović agreed with that. We still have to agree on some details, but 99 percent of everything is agreed, and there will be no problems," Marković told "Vijesti" ".

The agreement with Marković is only the first step towards the formation of a team that will play in the LŠ this season in a group with Berlin, Lokomotiv from Novosibirsk and Cesky Budejovice.

"I think that the group is not bad, and we should, simply, have as our goal the passage to the second round of the LŠ or at least win the third place that leads to the CEV Cup. I hope that we will make a step higher compared to last season, that is to say that at least let's repeat the season before last when we entered the elimination phase. As far as our scene is concerned, I think that Budva Riviera will have a much stronger team than Budućnosti, so domestic trophies should not be in question," added the 32-year-old middle blocker Budva.

Marković grew up in Budućnost, from which, after four seasons, he moved to Riviera in 2000. In his first stay in Budva, he won the title of Yugoslav champion (2001), the first for Montenegrin volleyball, and then two national cups (2001, 2002).

In 2003, Marković moved to Olympiakos, and in Greece he wore the jersey of both Patra and Kifisias for a season. In Turkey, he played for Arkas, Galatasaray and IBV Istanbul. Abroad, he was unlucky to win the title in four finals, two with Olympiakos (championship and cup), IBV Istanbul (championship) and Galatasaray (cup).

After a season off due to back problems, the summer before last he returned to the Budva Riviera, with which he won two double crowns in Montenegro and won a place in the second round of the Champions League the season before last.

In the jersey of the national team of the former state union of Serbia and Montenegro, he made around 85 appearances, and was part of the selection that played at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 (fifth place). He won a silver medal in the World League in 2005. He had about 15 appearances for Montenegro.