Montenegrin football international Nikola Nikezić, under the threat of a gun and after several blows, was forced to sign the termination of the contract with the Russian first league club Kuban from Krasnodar!
The affair that has been shaking not only football Russia, but also the whole of Europe since yesterday, through the Russian football union, which is a member of the world football union Fifpro, reached the president of UEFA, Michel Platini.
The Russian Footballers' Union addressed Platini with a letter informing him about Nikezic's case, and the footballer himself addressed through the Russian media the leaders of European and world football houses, Platini and Sepp Blatter.
"I couldn't keep silent about everything that was happening, because I still can't believe that something like that is even possible today, not only in sports. I thought it could only happen in movies. How is it, after all, reality, and how it's about a club that is a member of the Premier League of Russia, an elite level country that invests a lot in football and that will host the World Cup, I decided not to keep silent so that nothing like this would happen again to anyone," Nikezić told "Vijesti".
It is unimaginable that someone who is not from the club will pass the gate, the hotel reception and go up to the second floor with the only request that I sign the termination of the contract. On top of that, the club's coach just walked out when they showed up, which confirms that everything was pre-arranged.
"Since I came to the club, and I had a contract until the end of the 2011 season, no one ever objected to me a single word. Last year I was even among the five players with the most minutes in the club. When the team went to the preparation, I worked for two months twice a day for two hours, with the coach assigned to me by the club".
"That coach told me one day to come to the hotel room, which is part of the club, to explain to me something that, as he told me, was of interest for my further career. When we entered the room, which is located three meters from the office of the president and vice president of the club, after two minutes, some people, bandits, entered the room, took out guns on the table and threatened me that I would have to sign the termination of the contract. They started hitting me on the neck and stomach, and I signed the termination under duress, he says Nicholas.
The General Secretary of the Union of Professional Footballers of Russia, Nikolai Gramatikov, said that "Kuban could be severely punished."
"I know that 99 percent of people from Kuban are more than correct, that the fans are like that, but it is clear that what happened just came from someone from the club's management. It is unthinkable that someone who is not from the club passes the gate, the hotel reception and goes up to the second floor with the only request that I sign the termination of the contract.On top of that, the club coach just walked out when they showed up, confirming that everything was pre-arranged.
Nikezić, however, did not want to remain silent...
"I called the manager and he contacted the people from the Russian football union. They stood behind me and on my behalf appealed to Uefa and Fifa, as well as the leaders of the Russian league. All this had a great response in Russia, and they informed me that even and the mayor of Krasnodar decided to push the matter to the end.
The Komersant online edition published a story about Nikezić's case on the front page, Nikola gave a statement to the Russian television station NTV, and practically all other Russian media paid great attention to him. His phone doesn't stop ringing...
A press conference was scheduled in Kuban, and the General Secretary of the Union of Professional Footballers of Russia Nikolai Gramatikov said that "Kuban could be severely punished."
"The Union of Professional Footballers of Russia has all the evidence, my full support and authorization to represent me. I know that they will push things to the end, that now it is not just me, but that this will be the last such case in Russia and anywhere in the world." concludes Nikezić.
Almost all European countries are writing about Nikezić's case today, so even the Champions League was on the back burner for a while...
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