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Rekordan transfer: Kalinić u Blackburnu!

Nikola Kalinić potpisao je za Blackburn! Bivši Hajdukov napadač Kalinić stavio je svoj potpis na četverogodišnji ugovor, čime je klub s Poljuda osigurao rekordan transfer u 98 godina dugoj povijesti.

Čak 14 milijuna eura ukupna je visina transfera, što je izvanredan posao aktualnog klupskog čelništva.

U tijeku je ishodovanje radne dozvole za novog napadača Blackburna, a kada stigne, na Hajdukov račun istoga će dana stići 3,5 milijuna eura. Još 3,5 milijuna eura Blackburn će uplatiti 16. kolovoza 2010. godine,  a dodatnih 500.000 čim Nikola postigne 15. zgoditak (bez obzira na vremensko razdoblje).

Kada se Kalinić bude prodavao u treći klub, Hajduku će pripasti još 15 posto od razlike idućeg transfera iznad 7,5 milijuna eura! Preostali iznos do 14 milijuna Nikoli će pripasti u iduće četiri sezone.

Hello from Croatia !
Well as first, I must admit i am a Dinamo Zagreb fan(read my nick ) and Dinamo are rivals to Hajduk. But I think I can be objective as much as I can, as I really have nothing against Kalinić or mostly any other Hajduk player.

Well, where to start?
Nikola Kalinić was and is a great talent. Just a couple of years ago he was announced the new Davor Šuker(you probably heard about him). Back then(season 2006/2007), Hajduk loaned him out to a Pula, which is a club in our 1st league. Honestly, when i first saw him on a Dinamo game back then, I thought "OMG what a player". He really was great. After that game Dinamo wanted to buy him but the price was too high, his "owner" Erceg said he isn't for sail and said he won't be accepting anything under 2 million euros, which was even for Dinamo back then a great ammount of money( today they would probably be able to take him, but ok, that's off-topic). You probably have heard about Vedran Ćorluka, well, Kale(Kalinić) made a monkey out of him on that game.
Hajduk back then was extremely bad with an extremely awful board, still nowadays I don't understand why the hell did they even loan him to anyone back then as they had some players that were like mentally retarded that were ahead of him. So well, even after 6 great months in Pula, he had another loan to Šibenik, mostly because they stoled(literally stoled) Ante Rukavina from them, so they send them a gift instead. Well those 6 months were mostly a waste as his was injured most of the time.
So in season 07/08 they finnaly realised he is a great talent and he was soonly in the best eleven. The beginning was hard as Hajduk was in bad shape with a lot of new players(which we and them found out after were quite garbage) and they had problems in every competition. Kalinić was literally the only player that was worth "something" in my opinion. Well to shorten out, he had a very good season for his debut season in Hajduk, he was the 3rd striker of the league with 16(or something, I can't remember and i'm to lazy to check out, sorry) goals. If he was in Dinamo back then with Luka Modrić, I assure he would have had at least 20+ goals. He had some problems with injuries in that season as well, no serious ones, just little ones but, as i said, alot of them.
But at the end of the season the problems started...
Well earliar he was announced as captain of Hajduk, but after being substituted during the Croatian cup final in the first 20 minutes(a Hajduk goalkeeper was red carded) he threw that captains sign when going out. Since then, he got alot of people who don't like him and he was whistled quite a lot.
Also, since then he wanted to be solled and that's what I think screwed him up last season. Well, last season he played with absolutely no will, he only played games as he can, when he wanted to, and when scouts like yours from Blackburn watched him. In my opinion he has serious mental problems and I agree with vidotimilan about that ! Well last season was a pure disaster in my opinion, the fans often whistled him, he again didin't play anything special in Hajduks key games in the UEFA cup against Deportivo(in La Coruna he even showed how silly he is sometimes when he started to scream to the ref, instead of scoring in 1 situation). Well he scored all together 15 goals, but you have to take in fact 2 things:
1. 8 out of those 15 goals were scored out of penalties. He even missed 1, but I must admit if you want someone to take those penalties, definetly give him a chance there as he takes them brilliantly and quite smart !
2. the Croatian league isn't a strong league like yours, so just 7 goals for a 21 year old pure striker in 27 games is awful, really. You had some guys playing in the defence in the centre that scored 6 goals in game(not counting penalties).

So well, I personally think you could have boght better for that kind of money. Just look at Eduardo da Silva who you have probably heard of. The guy had 34 goals in 31 game, 15 asists(Kalinić had 6 last year) and was the 2nd best goalscorer in the european qualifications, and with Modrić Croatias best player. And you know what he cost? 12 million euros. And honestly, if you needed a player which will score every chance he gets, you shouldn't have boght Kalinić.
Kalinić is more of a striker that with his strength putts others in good chances as he can struggle with other defenders. He often misses chances 1 on 1 and he often plays on the field as he is depressed or something. 
He also thinks too great about himself, he even said not long ago he would be able to score 20 goals in the Serie A, hey 20, he couldn't even score 8 in our league. Not to mention he said Palermo is a too little club for him.

In the national team Kale is the 5th or even 6th striker currently. For our mission against Belarus, he wasn't even called. He has 1 cap against Poland on the EURO and he didin' score. 

Well honestly,I watched some Blackburn games on TV last season and I'm not tottaly sure he is the right player for your tactic. Well no offence, but from what i saw, your tactic was often just to kick the ball to the strikers from the defence, no combinations, no passes. I'm not honestly sure Kalinić will be able to survive in that kind of stlye of play, especially because he won't return to the defence at no times.
But he also has some other good sides. Like, he is extremely even fast for a guy with 1,90, he could make a havoc to heavy and slow defenders.

And also, be ware that Kalinić is quite often injured. He missed the entire pre-season because of some injury and he had problems even earlier.
Also, he choosed Blackburn in front of some offers like from Porto and as you arleasy saw, Pompey. His manager(in Croatia that's the guy that takes care of players, not the coach of the team like Mourinho) even sais he had some other offers, but your's was the best.
In my personal opinion, he won't have a great start. First he will finnaly see that he will have tu run a lot more now or he will have to sit on the bench. Secondly, the difference between your's and our league is really big. Thirdly, he will have to play every game the best he can. But if he learns how to behave, if he has more luck with (no) injuries) and if he has luck with other things, he could turn out a great player(but honestly, he will never be a Davor Šuker if you are looking for a perfect goalscorer). Don't expect more than 6-7 goals in his 1st season(counting every competition) from him or you will be dissapointed even though he is your 2nd biggest buy ever from what i hear.

Best of luck to Blackburn next season, I hope you guys wont have any stresses staying in the league or anything like that !.

I apologise for my grammatical errors, I hope you guys will be able to read this post.

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Evo jedan post na forumu od Blackburn Roversa... Mislim svaka čast, svak ima svoje mišljenje, ali mi je neshvatljivo da se navijač Dinama bavi ovakvim stvarima...što ga brige za Kalinića i njegov transfer...

http://www.roverstalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2032

Kalinić drugi najskuplji u povijesti Blackburna

Otočka sapunica o Nikoli Kaliniću ipak je privedena kraju, sve je dogovoreno s engleskim premijerligašem Blackburnom. Kalinić je s Englezima potpisao četverogodišnji ugovor, potvrdio je Jako Andabak.

Portsmouth odustao od Kalinića! (iliti kad dođe vrijeme da demantiras laž koju si sam plasirao)

Piše: Alen Orlić
Foto: Vladimir Dugandžić/Cropix

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Englezi oprezni zbog ozljeda

Naprasno, u srijedu popodne u Portsmouthu prekinuti su pregovori na kojima se očekivalo da će se dogovoriti i zadnji detalji transfera 21-godišnjeg hrvatskog reprezentativca u redove engleskog kluba.

Zadnje informacije govore da su Nikola Kalinić i njegov zastupnik Tomislav Erceg napustili Portsmouth i zaputili se u Portugal na pregovore sa portugalskim klubovima Portom i Sportingom.

Međutim još nema potvrde ove informacije, Erceg i Kalinić mobitele su držali isključene tijekom cijelog dana.

Maze Jozipović, menadžer sa Fifinom licencom, koji je doveo Portsmouth na pregovore s Hajdukom, kazao je:

- Pregovori su prekinuti, ne bih rekao da su definitivno propali, ostavio bih još malo nade do sutra. Čelnike Portsmoutha iznenadio je postupak Ercega i Kalinića koji su napustili pregovore jer navodno imaju bolju ponudu u rezervi. Iz Portsmoutha mi je rečeno: - Ostanite ovdje još sutra ovdje, želimo Kalinića u svojim redovima.

Tako govori Jozipović, a inače puno je nepoznanica vezano uz priču o transferu Kalinića u Portsmouth. Najprije je bila sporna visina odštete, a vrtila se od 6,5 pa sve do 8 milijuna eura. Dugo se čekala službena ponuda, taj papir iz Portsmoutha stigao je u zadnji čast prije nego su se Kalinić i Erceg ukrcali na avion za Portsmouth. Iz Hajduka su svo vrijeme šutili, nije se mogla dobiti nikakva službena informacija a neslužbene su često znale biti kontradiktorne.

Portmosuth je potvrdio interes za Kalinićem, tu nije bilo dvojbi, trener Paul Hart dočekao je igrača u Portsmouthu, očekivao je da će se priključiti njegovoj momčadi za turnir u Portugalu čim prođe liječničke preglede.

No transfer je trebao potvrditi glavni direktor kluba Peter Storrie.

No Englezi su bili oprezni jer u situaciji kada čekaju novog vlasnika, arapskog milijunaša Sulaimana Al-Fahima, najprije su se trebali očistiti od dugova, a tek onda trošiti novac na pojačanja. Zbog toga su i prodali Petera Croucha u Tottenham za devet milijuna funta. Problem je što Portmosuth nema novac za isplatu odmah. Iz drugih izvora tvrdi se da su Englezi oprezni zbog ozljeda koje je Kalinić imao u zadnje vrijeme...

Senijad Ibričić: Zabit ćemo ja ili Paraiba!

Trener Hajduka Ante Miše izjavio je nakon loše igre i jedva iščupanoga boda na gostovanju u Osijeku kako njegova momčad bez klasnoga napadača nema što tražiti u Europi.

Nakon već gotovo realiziranog transfera Nikole Kalinića u Portsmouth, “bijeli” su ostali na mladom Anti Vukušiću te pridošlicama Ivanu Rodiću i Brazilcu Rafaelu Paraibi.

Ipak, bi li taj klasni napadač, barem za treće pretkolo Europske lige, mogao biti Senijad Ibričić, igrač kojega Miše postavlja u napad, uz bok najisturenijemu špicu?

Ibričić je u posljednjih godinu dana, otkako je doveden iz Zagreba, dosta puta svojim pogocima bio čovjek odluke, još od lanjskoga prvoga kola HNL-a (gol iz slobodnog udarca za 1:0 protiv Zadra u 86. minuti), pa sve do prijateljskih 45 minuta protiv Blackburna prije desetak dana...

- Neka zabije bilo tko, samo da mi postignemo taj pogodak i po mogućnosti se kući vratimo s pobjedom. Naravno da bih volio biti strijelac, daj Bože da zabijem gol, ali to je manje bitno. Mislim da i nakon odlaska Kalinića imamo tri dobra napadača, te da bi Paraiba mogao biti najopasniji.

- Pokazao je da je pravi Brazilac, iako možda još nije najspremniji. I Vukušić je veliki potencijal, no na njega ne treba odmah stavljati veliki teret. Rodić je također pojačanje - kaže Ibričić.

Reprezentativac Bosne i Hercegovine ističe kako treba zaboraviti igru u Osijeku, koja je, po njemu, bila najgora utakmica Hajduka u zadnje vrijeme.

- Ako budemo igrali kao u Osijeku, onda nemamo što tražiti. Moramo igrati kao što znamo, kao što smo igrali na pripremama. Ne treba se zatvarati i čuvati “nulu”, iako bi svaki rezultat osim našega poraza bio povoljan. Treba pokušati dati gol, to bi bila velika stvar.Moramo igrati kao što uvijek igramo.

U momčadi neće biti kapetana Srđana Andrića, koji odrađuje kaznu crvenoga kartona zarađenoga protiv Deportiva lani u Poljudu. Zamijenit će ga, po svemu sudeći, Mario Brkljača, koji je, kao i Ibričić, u Hajduk došao iz Kranjčevićeve ulice, samo pola sezone iza njega.

Brkljača je napokon spreman, nakon što je gotovo cijelo prošlo proljeće bio ozlijeđen.

- Imamo dobrih igrača na klupi, a Mario je na pripremama pokazao da se na njega može računati. Vjerujem da ćemo imati podršku Torcide, da će uspjeti ući na stadion. Najgore je igrati bez svojih navijača, njihova pomoć nam treba - zaključuje Ibričić.

Sve je ukazivalo da je sapunica oko Nikole Kalinića konačno završena, a onda se dogodio - preokret! Tomo Erceg poveo je nogometaša na liječnički pregled i potpisivanje ugovora za Portsmouth, ali zatvorena vrata ureda glavnog financijera Engleza Petera Storriea značila su samo jedno - Portsmouth je odustao od posla. To je sigurno bio veliki šok za još uvijek nogometaša Hajduka, ali njegov zastupnik Tomislav Erceg odmah se bacio na traženju novog kluba. Već je odletio za Portugal, gdje će pregovarati s Portom...

Nije mi jasno zbog cega se vec sad medju ovim veznim igracima nije pojavilo ime Ananasa Sharbinija, po njegovim igrama u protekloj sezoni (a i pocetak ove sezone obecava) tamo mu je mjesto (IMHO)
Ne ocekujem da igra, al da bude na popisu od +20 ljudi to svakako

Bilićev popis za Minsk:

GOLMANI: Pletikosa, Runje

BRANIČI: Ćorluka, Križanac, Šimunić, Lovren, Vejić, Pranjić, Čale

VEZNI: Jurić, Srna, Vukojević, Pokrivač, Leko, Modrić, Kranjčar, Rakitić

NAPADAČI: Olić, Da Silva, Petrić, Mandžukić.

- Imamo problema sa stoperima jer je Robert Kovač ozlijeđen, a Dino Drpić nije trenirao s ekipom. Dario Knežević je duže bio ozlijeđen, a Dejan Lovren je u ritmu utakmica i dobra je rezervna opcija - rekao je izbornik, koji bi se u Bjelorusiji, za glavni stoperski par, trebao odlučiti za Ivicu Križanca i Josipa Šimunića.

Odlične igre u pripremnim susretima Tottenhama, Luki Modriću su "gurnule u ruke" kormilo napadačkih akcija, dok se za egzekuciju spremaju Ivica Olić i povratnik - Eduardo da Silva.

- Nikola Kalinić i Ivan Klasnić su trenirali, ali imam četiri napadačka imena i jednu utakmicu na koju idemo, tako da nije bilo previše mjesta kombinacijama - rezolutan je bio Bilić oko napadačkog dijela momčadi.

Susret s Bjelorusijom igra se 12. kolovoza (20.15 sati), a 5. rujna se odmah igra i uzvrat u Zagrebu.

Slaven Bilić dao je za naslutiti kako bi već tada na popisu mogao biti i riječki biser, Anas Sharbini:

- U svim je našim planovima, već za taj 5. rujna. Pratimo ga cijelo vrijeme i nisu nam promakle njegove odlične igre u posljednje vrijeme.