“He needs to change”
“I think that with my quality I can help the club to win many more trophies,” said Nemanja Motika last February at his presentation at Red Star Belgrade. Although the 19-year-old, who was signed by FC Bayern, won the league and cup double with his new club, the attacker could not yet justify the 2.5 million euro transfer fee – criticism within the club is also growing louder.
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Paul Wanner – market value: €3M – Bayern Munich
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As of November 22, 2022
Benno Schmitz – market value: €3M – 1 FC Cologne
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Gabriel Vidovic – market value: €3M – Vitesse
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Justin Che – market value: €3m – TSG Hoffenheim
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Roberto Soriano – market value: €3.5M – Bologna FC
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Woo-yeong Jeong – market value: €5.5M – SC Freiburg
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Marco Richter – market value: €6m – Hertha BSC
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Philipp Max – market value: €6M – PSV
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Angelo Stiller – market value: €6m – TSG Hoffenheim
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Marin Pongracic – market value: €6M – US Lecce
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Mats Hummels – market value: €6.5M – BVB
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Marco Friedl – Market value: €6.5M – Werder Bremen
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Flavius Daniliuc – market value: €8m – Salernitana
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Josip Stanisic – market value: €8M – Bayern Munich
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Niklas Dorsch – market value: €10M – FC Augsburg
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Joshua Zirkzee – market value: €11M – Bologna FC
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Chris Richards – market value: €12M – Crystal Palace
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Emre Can – market value: €14M – BVB
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Thomas Muller – market value: €18M – Bayern Munich
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Toni Kroos – market value: €20M – Real Madrid
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Karim Adeyemi – market value: €35M – BVB
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David Alaba – market value: €55M – Real Madrid
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Jamal Musiala – market value: €100M – Bayern Munich
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“He is one of our most talented players with a Serbian passport,” said managing director Zvezdan Terzic (quoted via “table football“) in a speech at the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade about Motika, who has only played 315 minutes for Red Star in 16 mostly short appearances to date and scored once. In the current season there are only two substitutions in the cup and European cup. “If you ask me if I’m happy with him, the answer is no. He has to ask himself in which direction his career should develop,” Terzic openly admitted.
The Belgrade official criticized Motika’s attitude. It must be clear to the Serbian U21 international that “the expectations of a player who came from FC Bayern are greater than what he has shown so far. He has to seize every opportunity to offer himself – in every training session and at the youth academy. He came from Germany and thought everyone in Serbia would kneel before him. He needs to mature.”
Ex-Bayern talent Motika will not be written off, “but has to change”
Born in Berlin, he is still under contract in Belgrade until the beginning of 2026, and the Munich team is said to have secured a buyback option and a resale participation for their talent. Despite the difficult situation, Terzic Motika doesn’t want to give up just yet. “We believe in him and are in no hurry, but he has to change,” the 56-year-old made clear.
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21 – Nemanya Motika | Red Star | Market value: 1.2 million euros
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Market values as of November 22, 2022
21 – Tom Trybull | SV Sandhausen | Market value: 1.2 million euros
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21 – Muhamed Besic | Ferencvaros | Market value: €1.2 million
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20 – Idrissa Toure | Pisa SC | Market value: €1.4 million
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14 – Jerome Boateng | Olympique Lyon | Market value: €2 million
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14 – Nico Schulz | Bor. Dortmund | Market value: €2 million
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14 – Maximilian Mittelstaedt | Hertha BSC | Market value: €2 million
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14 Jessica Ngankam | Hertha BSC | Market value: €2 million
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14 Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer | HSV | Market value: €2 million
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14 Merlin Röhl | SC Freiburg | Market value: €2 million
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13 – Lennart Czyborra | Genoa CFC | Market value: €2.3 million
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10 – Karim Bellarabi | Bayer 04 | Market value: €2.5 million
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10 – Maximilian Philip | VfL Wolfsburg | Market value: €2.5 million
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10 – Moritz Jenz | Celtic Glasgow | Market value: €2.5 million
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9 – Linton Maina | 1. FC Cologne | Market value: €3.5 million
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8 – Marton Dardai | Hertha BSC | Market value: €4 million
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6 – Lazar Samardzic | Udinese Calcio | Market value: €4.5 million
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6 Linus Gechter | Hertha BSC | Market value: €4.5 million
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5 – Christopher Lenz | E.Frankfurt | Market value: €5 million
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4 – John Anthony Brooks | Benfica | Market value: €6 million
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3 – Luca Netz | Bor. M’gladbach | Market value: €6.5 million
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2 – Hany Mukhtar | Nashville SC | Market value: €12 million
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