The most expensive shipwreck in the club's history - Spalević gone, what about the Board of Directors? It seems more stable than ever

He left the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors. Boris Spalevic, the former first man of the Future.

He will be remembered as the most unsuccessful president in the club's recent history - in terms of results, although he definitely had tough competition. However, the numbers registered during his nine-month term are not even recorded in a club like Buducnost, both during the one-party period and now, in the multi-party period. He changed four coaches, three sports directors, two heads of the youth academy, he also lost the executive director, almost 50 players paraded through the locker room in a short period of time - mostly with strong contracts, astronomical salaries for domestic conditions; 11 reinforcements arrived in the half-season, which is a precedent for the winter transfer window.

The team is finishing the season in a tie for fifth/sixth place in the Montenegrin League table, which is its worst placement ever - it still hopes to qualify for Europe, but is not sure that it will not make it to the relegation play-offs. The Podgorica club has suffered more defeats than victories this season, has broken all possible negative club records, and has not conceded a goal in the last five games. Spalević did not wait for the opposing team's net to finally shake - he went...

In the context of such results, the club's budget and the amount of funds allocated by the Capital City (almost two and a half million euros), which Spalević especially emphasized through the form of "stabilization" - are not something to be proud of, but rather a disgrace. Symbolically, the deputy mayor of Podgorica is leaving the position of president of the largest consumer of the city budget without having obtained a license for UEFA competitions (there remains the second round, scheduled for appeals) and this is due to, imagine - failure to meet financial criteria.

Spalević, however, will be remembered even more as a president who resigned, who took on some kind of responsibility, which is a rare occurrence in domestic socio-political, but also sports clubs that function as state property. Driven to the wall by results and numbers, in a state of organizational collapse of any kind of club, Spalević nevertheless resigned, which should be treated as the only positive act, no matter what anyone thinks.

He took responsibility and stepped down, because, as a man who in no way belonged to the sports or football milieu, he belatedly realized that running a club is not the same as running a company or a political party, let alone a coalition - perhaps because he himself comes from a party milieu.

There should therefore be a big surprise so that the departure of Boris Spalević, who has not been questioned recently even in the Board of Directors he chaired, is not recorded as the most ordinary administrative and bureaucratic change.

With the party's permission, or despite it, he left because he assessed, or it was assessed, that this way of running the club, which he represents as the president of the Board of Directors, and especially in light of the major conflict with the fans, was damaging to the very party that delegated him.

Finally, but perhaps most importantly, Spalević left after losing the trust of his own Board of Directors, where he was simply outvoted. Any decision he made recently, not just the biggest one he disagreed with (the removal of the CEO) Predrag Kažić), it passed without his will. His only concern was to state the majority to which he did not belong. And that is why leaving is logical and the only correct and normal move, but that does not mean that better days await Buducnost now.

What's next?

The board of directors, at least that is believed, remains intact - definitely even stronger and more stable without Spalević.

People who were not elected by the previous president, and who are not represented by sponsors or businessmen - those who in this system of functioning should give, bring and contribute something (see KK Budućnost), but those whose positions were divided along party and family lines, will continue to run the club, at least for a while.

These are the people who overthrew and dismissed Spalević, who before him dismissed director Kažić, who are responsible for every decision made this season: Ninoslav Kaluđerović, Fedja Smatlik, Mileta Šćepanović, Nikola Markovic and suddenly Dusko Globarević, coach of ŽFK Budućnost, as a player/profession representative. There is a fan representative Emin Isić, as an opponent, whose vote cannot change anything.

If they changed the director against the will of the president of the Board of Directors, if they eventually forced him to "escape" - only a naive person could believe that the president's departure would change anything. Spalević has taken responsibility, and to whom, and when, will they be accountable?

The future is facing a difficult period. Without a president, with an acting executive director, there is even a threat of a period of "governmentlessness", and it is known that the period of "governmentlessness" ended at the same time last year, when there was no president, when the management was illegitimate - with the intervention of special police. They were supposed to determine (they haven't yet) who and how the club was ripped apart.

All of this under the same city structure that is still in power. That's why it's really hard to believe that the people who run the city have the real will and capacity to change anything.

There should therefore be a big surprise so that the departure of Boris Spalević, who has not been questioned recently even in the Board of Directors he chaired, is not recorded as the most ordinary administrative and bureaucratic change.