After bursting Union check
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The future of Dejan Ljubicic is obviously not in the Bundesliga, but in Croatia. As initially confirmed “football transfers” and then “Sky”, the 27-year-old midfielder of 1. FC Köln is about a change to 25-time master Dinamo Zagreb, where he could become top earners. Ljubicic had been promised a contract for four years.
According to the Pay TV station, the transfer is not yet in dry towels, but the portal assumes that only the signatures are missing. Union Berlin and FC Augsburg as well as Paok Thessaloniki were also mentioned in media reports as a possible goal. In addition, the 1. FC Köln has not yet given up hope of extension in the event of the likely Bundesliga promotion. Ljubicic, the native of Viennese with Bosnian-Croatian roots, communicated clear financial ideas.
Most recently it became known that the medical check -based medical check was canceled by the midfielder for Tuesday, although all parties should have already agreed. Ljubicic’s transfer to his ex-coach Steffen Baumgart is therefore not likely to come about.
Ljubicics market value had fallen heavily after the Bundesliga relegation last year and continued to drop in the lower house during the bumpy efforts of FC in the course of the season. His market value is currently being estimated at 5 million euros, which reached its climax in 2022 under Baumgart with EUR 10 million. After four years in the cathedral city, he can change free of charge.
1. FC Kölns Kessler: Ljubicic’s thoughts “completely legitimate”
“With ‘Dejo’ the situation is special, the contract expires. He does everything for it so that it is on the pitch at the weekend. For me, these are in no way signing that he is somewhere else with his head,” Cologne sports director Thomas Kessler is quoted from the “Bild”. “It is completely legitimate that a player is thinking about his future.” Ljubicic had recently struggled with foot problems.