- They say Pantic is a versatile defender, who can play both as centre back and left lateral. Still though he spent half a year in Alaves he took the field only twice. Doesn’t that bother you?
- It doesn’t. Our scouts followed him and some other players for a while, so I’m familiar with potential of Aleks. Before inviting him to Dynamo we studied all his strengths.
- What are these strengths?
- He has experience of performances in the La Liga: he featured for Villarreal, Cordoba and Eibar. He has good technical skills, defends aggressively. When Dragovic came to our club he also wasn’t very well-known in Europe, but we knew he was a promising player.
- Have you already talked to Pantic?
- Unfortunately only with a help of interpreter so far: Aleks speaks Spanish pretty well, but doesn’t speak English. Still we have interpreter from Serbian which is his native language. Domagoj Vida will also help him adapt to the team.
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- Villarreal agreed to give Pantic the status of free agent. Was this factor important for your club?
- It’s not my province, but I must say we can’t sign players for big money at the moment. War is still on in our country and it’s inappropriate to conduct incredible transfers.
- Swedish midfielder Oscar Hiljemark won’t join Dynamo, but you’re still interested in enforcement for midfield. Are you going to sign anyone this winter?
- We’re in search of enforcement for different positions. Unfortunately the first part of the season wasn’t a success for us, so I think we should sign new performers and let players without motivation go.
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- Speaking about the position of left back: Bohdan Mykhailychenko picked up an injury in the sparring against FC Liefering. Is it serious?
- No, it’s not. He’ll be ready for the second training camp.
- Dynamo U-21 and U-19 will have the second training camp in Turkey. Do you already know which reservists will go to Marbella with you?
- I won’t name them so far, but I’ve made my decision…
Dmytro ILCHENKO, Sport Express in Ukraine
* photo by A. Lukatskyi
