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Titled Željko Obradovic decided to leave the Fenerbahche team in Istanbul, and with the departure of the Serbian, the face of the Turkish team will change significantly.
Colons are thrown this season
Journalist Uguras Ozanas Sulakas shared his blog on the SDNA website, which exposed his thoughts on the likely decrease in Fenerbahche’s goals and a significant drop in the budget for player salaries.
Sulakas has built a reputation as a journalist with connections in the Fenerbahče and Anadolu Efes camps and revealed that the Fenerbahče team has already contacted Kaunas Žalgiris head coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius.
Here are Sulak’s thoughts from his bad SDNA website:
“There is a lot to be said about the departure of Željkas Obradovičius. We have been waiting for his decision not for the last month, but from January or even until December. We knew that Fenerbahche’s management would cut the budget and that Željko wanted to work with a large budget, as he always did.
Everyone thought that he would not return to Istanbul next season. In Europe, Real Madrid, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Barcelona and other important teams have a coach. Željko didn’t have many options, so he decided to take a break for next season.
I think Fenerbahche will be a team fighting for a playoff spot. From now on, they will not start the season as favorites to win the title, but as a team with the goal of being in the top eight.
The team will not set goals to win titles from the start of the season. The main objective will be to enter the Euroleague playoffs, as Panathinaikos, Olympiakos or Maccabi do. Efforts will be made to take another step forward and monitor the situation.
Fenerbahce will have a total of $ 20 million next season. budget of 12 million euros, of which will be for player contracts. As I said, the team will be able to fight at the highest level, but its main objective will be to make the playoffs.
I think the team leaders will try to find a foreign coach from the beginning. If Šarūnas Jasikevičius or level coach Željkas is not found, then “Fenerbahče” will turn to the Turkish coaches. I don’t think Fenerbahce can attract a top-class strategist. And although a Turkey coach will not be their first choice, they will have to accept it.
This is not easy for fans. Fenerbahche has a huge community of fans and such a radical transition will cause problems. Of course, we still have to wait to see which players will leave the team and who will replace them. It will be difficult for the Turkey-led leadership to attract basketball players like Obradovic and Maurizio Gherardini.
Željko leaves an impressive legacy that Turkish basketball fans couldn’t even think of. Fenerbahce reached the four Euroleague finals four times. It has never been before. Turkish basketball has not spread to such success. Željko carries with him awards that I do not think will be repeated in the coming years.
Now is the time for the Fenerbahche team to accept the fact that they will not be favorites in many games. They will not be favorites in any tournament next season. It will be fun to watch this process. There will be changes in the club and we will see how things turn out.
As for the coach who can replace Željko, I will repeat. I think Fenerbahche initially hunts a foreign coach. The club administration has already spoken to Shar and will try to keep in touch with him. However, I am pessimistic on this subject and I think they will not be able to attract Jasikevičius. So the most realistic scenario is that the new strategist will be a Turk.
“My prediction is that he will be one of the following specialists: Željko’s assistant, Erdem Canas, Galatasaray strategist Ertugrul Erdogan or Ufuk Sarica,” Sulak wrote on his blog.
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