Crvena Zvezda's president: 'We had an agreement with Teodosic' / News - Basketnews.com

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With the news that the captain of the Serbian national team, Milos Teodosic, was cut from the roster, many basketball specialists were shocked.

Milos Teodosic

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Having commented about the matter before, Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade president Nebojsa Covic gave a new in-depth interview to Pink TV show Novo Jutro where he discussed everything about the player.

"What is a deficit in our country is a deficit of coaches. Our great coaches should ask themselves if they have done everything to leave some new generations behind," Covic started off in a fiery manner. "No one takes away the right of the head coach to choose. With those rights, you have the same responsibility."

"It is about a very experienced, professional, competent, proven world champion, European champion," he continued. "You have to take care of the way you do some things. First, you are dealing with an institution at that moment. The captain of our national team, it doesn't matter what his name is, is an institution. And what was least needed was for it to happen."

After discussing Teodosic's dismissal from the national team, Zvezda's president continued the show to talk about Teodosic as a club player. Most notably, Covic declared that he should've been a Zvezda player the upcoming season but things did not work out between the Serbian club and Virtus Segafredo Bologna.

"I had several conversations with Theo this summer, and let me say that, regarding the transfer to Zvezda, we agreed on everything," Covic said. "The only thing we didn't agree with was Virtus, who didn't want to agree on compensation. The president of Virtus said 'I would love to release him now, but I don't know how much money you can give me, I can't do that, because it endangers my club, because the fans are attached to Teodosic'."

This was the first time that Teodosic was crossed off the national team list. He did not play at the EuroBasket in 2017 and earlier in 2013 due to injuries, as well as the World Cup in China in 2019. The guard hosted a farewell party for all his teammates following the departure where the the players were singing one of the better-known Serbian songs.

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