Budućnost VOLI started preparations for the new season

Monday, 21. August 2017 at 14:12

Head coach Aleksandar Džikić stated that the team has set several goals in the 2017/18 campaign. 

Budućnost VOLI have officially started preparations for the new season. Team head coach Aleksandar Džikić stated that he is pleased with the work the team management has done so far in the transfer period and revealed some plans for the upcoming team preparations.

"We will be able to count on our national team players at the end of the preparation period and only then we will be in full numbers. We have already scheduled two friendly games in Belgrade in the first days of September, then we will attend friendly tournaments in Sarajevo and Sardinia, while at the end we will participate at the ABA League Supercup. As far as the transfer period is concerned, we have signed two big professionals, who will cover the positions that are critical for us. It is important that we have followed the plan of signing mostly domestic players. I am only slightly disappointed that we have failed to sign some other domestic players with whom we were negotiating with, but generally I think we have done a very good work in the transfer period. We have set several goals for the new season and we will slowly start increasing our form," said Budućnost VOLI head coach Aleksandar Džikić.

One of the foreign players who signed contract with Budućnost VOLI in the current transfer window is Canadian center Kyle Landry.

"I have already played twice against Budućnost VOLI, so I know this place quite well. This is a serious club, which has high ambitions, so it was easy for me to decide to come here."

American player Kyle Gibson, who arrived this summer in Budućnost VOLI from French team Gravelines, said that he has high expectations from the 2017/18 season.

"I followed the results of Budućnost VOLI in the previous seasons and I expect not just to repeat them, but to to try improving them. We are all very motivated and I believe this is the right team for me."

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Budućnost Voli predstavila pojačanja i započela pripreme za novu sezonu

Budućnost Voli je zvanično počela pripreme za novu sezonu. Trener tima Aleksandar Džikić osvrnuo se na pripremni period koji predstoji i izrazio zadovoljstvo odrađenim poslom u prelaznom roku.

- Tek u finišu priprema računaćemo na naše reprezentativce i tada biti u kompletnom sastavu. U pripremnom periodu nas čekaju dva meča u Beogradu početkom septembra, potom turniri u Sarajevu i Sardiniji, a zatim i Super kup ABA lige. Što se tiče prelaznog roka, doveli smo dva izuzetna profesionalca na pozicijama koje smo prepoznali kao kritične. Bitno je da je prvobitni koncept dovođenja mlađih domaćih igrača ispoštovan. Jedino nam je žao što nijesmo uspjeli da se dogovorimo sa još nekim domaćim igračima sa kojima se pregovaralo, ali sveukupno odrađen je dobar posao – kazao je Džikić.

Predstoji žestok rad na kondicionim pripremama u kompleksu ,,Verde“ u Podgorici.

- Postavili smo više ciljeva, polako ćemo podizati formu, znamo šta treba da radimo i sveukupno sam zadovoljan.

Kajl Lendri, kanadski centar, došao je kao veljko pojačanje iz ruskog Zenita. Od njega se očekuje da bude prva ofanzivna opcija.

- Sam imam velika očekivanja. Došao sam u poznatu sredinu, jer sam već dva puta igrao u Podgorici na gostovanjima, kao član ruskih Trijumfa i Zenita. Ovo je ozbiljan klub koji ima velike ambicije i nije mi bilo teško donijeti odluku da dođem. Već sam sedmicu u Podgorici, želio sam da što bolje upoznam grad i sredinu i izuzetno sam zadovoljan – kazao je Lendri.

Bek Kajl Gibson, Amerikanac visok 193 santimatra, stigao je iz francuskog Gravelina. Ima velika očekivanja od naredne sezone.

- Upoznat sam sa rezultatima Budućnost Volija u prethodnom periodu i sezonama. Očekujem ne samo da ih ponovimo, već i da pokušamo da ih prevaziđemo. Čeka nas žestok rad, svi smo motivisani. Za mene je ovo prava sredina – rekao je Gibson.

 

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