[Sport] Pantic: "I have behaved better with Atlético than they have with me"

[Dr.Drako]

Milinko Pantic is an Atlético legend for everything he did on the Vicente Calderón pitch, but in an interview with the web portal Alacontra he seems to close a possible return to one of the clubs in his life as a coach. He discovered: "The Antic thing was not as everyone thinks. He called me because my team needed a coach and he had a friend without a job and asked me if there was any possibility that I would recommend his friend to the club.


there we went on to talk about myself, he asked me how was it, how was I doing, we got up to date, come on. But Antic was then negotiating with Oviedo to see if he was still there or not. "Sign for Atlético:" When I leave for do the preseason with Panionios, Antic asks me to give him some tapes with my plays. After that we went to do the preseason in Serbia.

While there I found out that Antic has signed for Atleti. His first option was Robert Prosinecki, also tried hire Enzo Scifo and finally Jokanovic. "The staff thought he was familiar with Gil:" Before, there were no social networks or internet. At that time the players did not leave the Greek league to sign for a Spanish team. But I tell you one thing: those doubts from my teammates lasted until the first preseason game. It was in Talavera de la Reina, in a friendly match and I scored a great goal for a foul.

They already looked at me with different eyes. The next day Miguel Ángel Gil appeared and made me sign the contract, because he had not yet done so. Until that moment, I was training and not knowing what to say to my wife when I asked myself if I had already signed. Imagine that I am injured ... I signed the contract with a clause of 800 million pesetas, which also deceived me with that, because I did not know that the termination clauses existed. I had never heard it in my life, but hey.

"At what time did he enjoy more:" In Panionios I enjoyed myself even more as a footballer. Departure from Atlético: "They signed Juninho for 30 million dollars and he had to play yes or yes, by decree "I was wrong not to leave Atleti after my second year. That was my first big mistake as a footballer, not to read the play and leave. Juninho was very similar to me and the two of us could not play together, although sometime at the beginning of The season happened. But it was very difficult to support two players like this for the team.

"Departure to France:" I was very wrong in decision making. I did not paint anything in my third year at Atlético de Madrid with Juninho already in the team. Then Arrigo Sacchi came, and although he did not say that they would kick me out or anything, I knew he was not counting on me. He still had one more year of contract and there Atlético de Madrid did not behave well with me, I did not notice his protection or that they wanted to fight for me.

I was wrong to go to France (he signed for Le Havre), because he wanted to respect Atlético de Madrid and did not want to play for another Spanish club, he had that feeling. That is why I did not accept the offer from Racing de Santander that was on the table. It was for two years and they paid me a lot of money, more money than in France. But I was wrong because I have behaved much better with Atlético than Atlético with me. My feeling is that I will always go out injured with them.

"Training at Atlético:" I was negotiating several times with the board when I was at the Foundation to train the first team and it did not come out. I think they have never valued me, not much, not well. When I was at Atlético de Madrid we did a season, we finished fifth in the League and they didn't renew my contract. Perhaps I have not known how to sell well or my way of being is not easy, I will also have some fault, although I am not disappointed either. It's done, it's over. I think I have met them and for me it is a past page, a closed stage, at least I feel that way. "He wants to train:" I only think about being the head coach right now and that position is occupied at Atleti. My dream is to train Atlético de Madrid but there are dreams that are not fulfilled. But as the first coach I would have no problem going to Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético, Deportivo or wherever ".