After Amar Dedić finalizes his move to Newcastle, it will officially mean that 7 players from our starting XI are playing in one of Europe’s top five leagues, which is more than half of the team.
Even more impressive: our entire defensive line is now represented in the top five leagues. 🇧🇦🔥
Our players currently in the top five leagues:
🇧🇦 Edin Džeko — Schalke 04 🇧🇦 Nikola Katić — Schalke 04 🇧🇦 Amar Dedić — Newcastle United 🇧🇦 Tarik Muharemović — Leeds United 🇧🇦 Sead Kolašinac — Atalanta 🇧🇦 Kerim Alajbegović — Juventus 🇧🇦 Ermedin Demirović — VfB Stuttgart
All seven are highly likely to be part of the potential starting XI for the upcoming Nations League.
What a quality surplus we have experienced over the last 12 months. The depth and level of our players have taken a massive step forward. And honestly, it feels like this is only the beginning. 🇧🇦💙💛
A family of Bosnian refugees cries as their father and husband arrives at the U.N. air base in Tuzla, Bosnia, after he survived the death march of six days from Srebrenica.
🗣️ Kerim Alajbegovic to @SkySport
“First of all, Miralem Pjanic was a fantastic player, and he was also very important in the transfer. He was in contact with the club and with my father, and I think he had a big influence on the negotiations. He's a great person. I trust him a lot, just as i trust my father.” #Juventus
„Unfortunately, I was far from 100% at the World Cup, maybe around 55 or 60%. I was just recovering from my shoulder injury when I suffered a serious injury to my right calf shortly before the World Cup. That’s why I also missed the first game.
I wasn’t at the level I had been during the qualifiers. Now everything is fine, I’m fully fit and ready, and I can’t wait to get started again.“
Edin Džeko to Sky DE 🇧🇦
Deket (16) also passed the penalty / nerves / responsibility test. ✅
You have to have the character to do that at 16 in such a crucial match. Arguably even the best-taken penalty, especially with the distraction before it.
I missed both goals Borac conceded so no idea if he was at fault, but Jurkas (18) was absolutely massive in the penalty shootout.
Also, Sanel Šaljić (20) sends Austria Wien into the UECL play-offs with a good penalty. Will face Braga’s Bosnians.
Last tweet about him for the time being (the next one will be more in-depth), because I’ve already posted enough about him over the past week. No, he’s not a new Alajbegović - just using the momentum around him to make it a topic for the Nations League.
I see enough signs that he would consider us, especially if he was already considering Slovakia, if you get me. Would not like to lose someone to them. At least Redžić was born in Hungary.
U15 NT is usually not really a big deal, especially in BiH given the lack of proper scouting, all the corruption, and the diaspora mostly coming in from U17 onwards.
But with this 2009 generation, it’s remarkable that there are already three players who have been involved in professional football before turning 18: Matej Deket, Aldian Korora and Savo Radanović.
The latter is technically still eligible, but has switched to Serbia. The other two are already starting to make their mark in the Bosnian league.
#tabakovic appreciation tweet bc he deserves to be as hyped as the others. definitely one of bosnia's national team best strikers. our national treasure. scored a hattrick in 16 minutes. scored the point against italy, sending us to the wc.
we love a king who loves what he does.