The recent coach of Sutjeska, Miljan Radović, held a press conference today where he spoke after parting with Nikšić.
Radović has not been the coach of the "blues" since Monday, and at the conference he pointed out that the reason for leaving was not the results. He said that people from the administration interfered in the selection of the team, and that one football player, who arrived in Sutjeska during the summer transfer window, had a clause in his contract that he had to play at least 70 minutes in each match.
Radović returned to Sutjeska in March this year and was the fourth coach to lead Nikšić in the previous season. But even with him, Sutjeska did not manage to win Europe, while this season, after six rounds, they are in seventh place with six points.
"I had the need for myself, all the people of Nikšić and the fans of Sutjeska to address the public with some things, what happened during my stay in Sutjeska. Some things that I received in the termination paper are not true. The real reason for my resignation is not the results. When I came, I tried to help, and people from the club asked us to try to qualify for Europe, because it was known that we were far behind our competitors. We made a good series and then things started that neither I nor the coaching staff liked. There was a lot of pressure that certain players had to play in positions where I don't think they should play. This is where the downward trajectory of our communication begins - with part of the Board of Directors and the president of the club. We had a big rush, at one point we were second and at that very moment, by accident or not, two premiums were not paid, one salary was late. I'm saying that because those guys should have been supported," Radović reflected at the beginning of the conference on the period from last season when he took over the club.
Also, Radović pointed out that this summer, in the annex to the contract, he was offered to be the sports director and advisor for transfer issues, but that he did not accept it.
"Some media reported that I was in charge of the transfer policy, which has nothing to do with the truth. They offered it to me, but I didn't accept it. I don't think that the transfer policy should be the way it is now. That some player should have signed the contract that he has to play 70 minutes in every game is a direct interference in my work. It's not fair to that guy, nor to the other players. He had to play 70 minutes in every game things from the contract. That was our first conflict - I said that it shouldn't exist in football. That's why I'm here. They wanted me to sign the contract that I was in charge of the transfer policy, which I didn't want to sign - neither that, nor that I am the sports director," explained Radović.
In the meantime, ten new players arrived in Sutjesko during the summer transfer window. Dragan Grivić (moved to Budućnost), who is one of the best footballers in the league, left the club, while a few days ago the young national team member Dušan Vuković, who joined Lokomotiva Zagreb, left the club.
"The story that we have to play in Europe was not presented to me like that, and that's where I most often find myself deceived. We didn't talk like that - the budget is small, the players' salaries are at the second division level, but I accepted that we should be competitive in our league with young players. Grivić is went to Budućnost, so the talk about Europe didn't make sense. I had a fair conversation with the club president, but we didn't agree on the details I'm talking about. Me and the staff would never agree with Sutjeska behaved at a negative level," said Sutjeska's recent coach.
He repeated that the members of the Board of Directors requested that certain players play.
"What I asked from everyone was time. We have one of the youngest teams in the league. We tried to bring talented players, who would come to play for a lower salary, which would mean that they respect the name of Sutjeska, that they will prosper through this club That was our idea and it went the normal way, until I had specific discussions with the members of the Board of Directors, along with the president of the club, where they asked for certain players to play. I cannot allow that in my career happened after the first round," explained Radović.
He explained that he wanted to hire other footballers, but that his wishes were not fulfilled.
"It was requested that a young team be made, that older players leave, that the budget be reduced and that we try to sell a player. When I or anyone suggests a player to come, we have to go to the president to confirm it - whether the player is coming or not. I proposed some players, but there were no financial means or any other reasons. Every transfer has to be approved by the club. I didn't wonder about the transfer of Vuković and Grivić, that was it explanation," said Radović.
He pointed out that the president of the club, Marko Mitrović, did not even appear at the roll call before the new season.
"Nobody showed up for five months, not at the roll call when we started, not even before that. The president didn't show up. I asked him to come and insisted he come and he came before the Arsenal game. We haven't had any communication lately because of those disagreements I'm doing my best and if those 11 should start the game, we didn't have any communication after the last game, even before that, and then I got a message from the president and punruly i I'm saying all this because I can't allow some things to be, to put it mildly, untrue," Radović said and added that he asked for a mutual termination of the contract, but he didn't get that either, instead it was a unilateral termination of cooperation.
In the end, he wished the club and the players all the best.
"I've been trying to be a professional all my life. Me and the coaching staff pushed to the end. I think this team could have grown. I think sports should be left to athletes. In the end, I sincerely wish the best for the club and these guys. Sutjeska is not a private club. I believe that it is a club for all of us and that is how I will always experience it," said Miljan Radović.
Radović will be succeeded on the Sutjeska bench by Milija Savović, who came to Nikšić three years ago instead of Radović.
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