The board of directors of FK Budućnost has dismissed coach Ivan Brnović, "Vijesti" has learned.
The somewhat surprising news comes amid the Podgorica team's preparations in Slovenia for the start of the Champions League qualifiers.
Brnović arrived at the end of the 23/24 season, winning the Cup with the Podgorica team, and in the previous one he dominantly led the "blues" to the championship title.
"The majority position of the Board of Directors is that the coach be dismissed, and the main reason is the damaged interpersonal relations in the club, the coaching staff and the relationship with the fans. We thank Ivan Brnović for the sporting success he has achieved with the club," said Boško Kovačević, the president of the Board of Directors of Budućnost, to "Vijesti".
Brnović's replacement, at least for those well-informed about the events at the Podgorica club, probably comes as no surprise, but the timing of the change is questionable.
Namely, despite severely damaged relations with the fans, who have long been demanding his dismissal, Brnović was not given the opportunity to reap the fruits of his successful work on the field and lead the team in the Champions League qualifiers.
The Podgorica team recently gained a Board of Directors, which, for the first time in recent history, also included a place for the fans' representative - Aleksandar Ivanović Čaka.
It also included a player representative - Luka Mirković, along with representatives from the Capital City, drawn up according to the party template.
In such a politically more balanced management than was the case in the previous (Supervisory) Board, with the vote of the fans and the vote of the players, Brnović had little chance of staying - as we learn, five votes were in favor of his dismissal, and only two against.
However, something clearly happened in Slovenia when an initiative was launched to replace the coach in the middle of preparations - whether it was really the damaged relationship with the coaching staff members that Kovačević is talking about (so far, it was known about the damaged relationship with the fans), will probably come to light in the coming days.
In any case, Buducnost is looking for a new coach, just two weeks before the first match against Armenian champions Noa in the first round of Champions League qualifying, and in the middle of the main phase of preparations that the team from Podgorica is conducting in Slovenia.
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