After the advisor revolt against Canepa: player-agent Malenovic will become sports director of FCZ despite everything?

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The departure of sports director Marinko Jurendic (46) to Augsburg ensures a ‘marching stop’ at FCZ, as chairman Ancillo Canepa (70) calls it. Because a successor to Jurendic will start until October 1, the club is being investigated by former professional and player advisor Milos Malenovic (38).

Canepa wants to optimize the flow and talent development and only then attract a suitable team leader plus a new development manager.

Because an external player agent who takes care of several FCZ professionals gets a detailed insight into the club, the consultancy industry is buzzing.

Spell Canepa’s Hat

At the media event for Jurendic’s farewell, Canepa also talks about Malenovic. The FCZ boss emphasizes once again that the roles are clearly divided. He underlines this by taking the cap off a member of the press at the table, putting it on himself and saying, “It’s a matter of what hat you wear. You always have to distinguish between the roles.”

What Canepa wants to show with his hat game: Malenovic is now wearing the hat of the outside analyst. And not the usual from the agent. Canepa: “It is impossible for us to get a player from Milos in this period.”

But: Canepa also blurs the lines when he talks about the fact that Zurich could also use Malenovic’s large network for transfers if necessary – he could also place players outside his portfolio.

For the FCZ job, Malenovic would have to give up his desk

This fits in with this week’s persistent rumor, which is worth mentioning even for the NZZ: that Malenovic will be hired as sports director of FCZ and thus become Jurendic’s successor. But he should put his desk in new hands.

The fact that Malenovic is already working for Zurich through his mandate speaks in favor of this scenario. What speaks against this scenario is that the former junior from Zurich would have to trade his consultancy Soccer Mondial, which allows him to make lucrative deals on his own, for a well-defined job as a club employee.

What does Canepa say about whether Malenovic could follow Jurendic despite all the criticism? “I’m actually staying there: I’m not talking about possible names.”

However, a model with a Malenovic confidant as FCZ team leader is also conceivable. Like in Winterthur. At FCW, many transfers go through Wolfgang Vöge’s agency – Sports director Oliver Kaiser van Winti used to work in Vöge’s company.

Source : Blick