The new effort fell into the vacuum AEK to acquire the Nicolas by Bologna. The “Rosoblou” did not accept the “Union” last offer, insisting on demands that did not even approach the 5m euros that were willing to reach the “yellow -blacks” to acquire the Croatian tackle.
So, despite the positive mood of the player who had spoken to Tomagoi Vida, AEK is now forced to turn to other solutions After time is pushing. Javier Ribalta and Marco Nikolic are prioritized to the strengthening of this position, since only Petros Mandalos can respond to these duties.
Target is to get a player directlyin order to be available in the third qualifying round of the Conference League (against Mars Limassol or Pusca Academy), since AEK of course overcomes Hapoel Ber Seva’s obstacle in the second round.
Already Alternatives are activated that the “yellow -blacks” had in mind. From Serbia resulted in the name of Marco Grujicwhich seems to fit the profile the “Union” wants. The 29 -year -old Serb belongs to Porto, with a contract until the summer of 2026.
Marco Grujic was born in April 13, 1996 in Belgrade and is one of the most talented Serbs of his generation. Tall 1.91 m. and excellent physical presence, mainly struggles as defensive or central midfielderwith an appeal to the organizational play and the coverage of spaces.
He began his career at the Red Star Academies, with whom he made his professional debut in 2013. In 2016 he was transferred to Liverpoolwhich gave him a loan to groups such as Cardiff, Hertha Berlin and eventually Porto, where he was established. In 2022 he signed permanently to the Portuguese team, which had acquired him for 9 million euros.
With Porto he won titles and participated in top European events while counting 28 entries with Serbian national team. He fought, in fact at World Cup of 2022. In 2024-25 damaged from injury In Achilles with only five entries (underwent intervention in February), but has returned to full training in May 2025.
Source: Sport Fm
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