Long-time ÖFB participant Aleksandar Dragovic is leaving Red Star Belgrade after three years and three championship titles. The crew confirmed this on Friday in an Instagram submit, which Dragovic shared.
“It may be very tough for me, however I’ve made the choice to return to Austria after consulting with my household,” the 33-year-old girl was quoted as saying within the assertion. According to his media administration, the brand new membership has not but been accomplished.
In the previous, Dragovic was repeatedly linked with Wiener Austria – the membership the place he grew up. Financially, the 100-time ÖFB worldwide had performed in a unique league lately.
Nine heroic levels as a legionnaire
The defender has gained 9 league titles overseas – 4 with FC Basel, two with Dynamo Kiev and three with Red Star. He additionally labored at Bayer Leverkusen and Leicester City.
According to the membership, the present captain will play his final recreation sporting the Red Star uniform on Sunday within the final spherical of the league after they face native rivals FK Cukaricki. Dragovic knowledgeable the membership’s administration of his determination to depart Red Star when his contract expires in the summertime in a “pleasant assembly” on Friday.
Dragovic performed his final worldwide recreation to date in March 2022 in opposition to Scotland (2:2). It was a farewell recreation for membership supervisor Franco Foda. Under his successor Ralf Rangnick, the veteran was not included within the ÖFB elections.