The media attributed the interest of Kyiv “Dynamo” to the 19-year-old Croat Ante Crnak from the club “Slaven” (Belupo).
Ante Crnak
We all know that Croatia has Dynamo’s eyes in Ognjen Vukojevic. Last autumn Ognen returned to Croatia. According to official information – for family reasons, according to unofficial information – he could not find a common language with Mircea Lucescu. Vukojevic is the head coach of the Croatia U-20 team. This national team is a transitional team between the U-19s and U-21s. She does not play official matches. Vuko knows the young players in Croatia very well, so there is no doubt that he has a recommendation here.
Indeed, Crnak is similar in the manner of playing to Yarmolenko. A player with good anthropometry, the ability to move from the flank to the center. Knows how to work with the ball and has a shot.
Slaven is coached by former RB Leipzig and Hamburg Academy methodologist Ricardo Moniz. This is a developmental football where attack prevails over defense. Belupo after 5 rounds of the championship has minus 7 in the column scored missed. Only the last two teams conceded more – Istra – minus 9 and Rudesh – minus 10. But on the other hand, 10 goals scored. This is the third indicator in the league at the level with leader Hajduk (Dinamo Zagreb has two matches less due to Champions League qualification and scored only 4 goals in 4 games).
Crnak actively played for the youth teams of Croatia. However, every year this figure has become smaller. He played two games for the U-19s of the last convocation. He played one match at the end of 2022 for the U-21s. He will be a candidate for the Croatian youth team of the next selection.
What worries me most about this story is that Dinamo Zagreb failed to see a future in this player. Zagreb is a player development system with subsequent sale. They feel very well the potential of the player and, accordingly, the opportunity to earn. I don’t know many examples of who would not fit Dynamo, and then made a career in another team.
Crnak has been in the Dynamo system since 2013, but he could not play. He played for the U-19 team and Dinamo-2 in the First League of the Croatian Championship. Crnak was released at the beginning of 2022 and Fran Topić was taken to this position. Player of approximate age. So far, he hasn’t shown anything special.
The players who did not fit Dynamo Zagreb are somewhere around the level of Neven Djurasik or Mario Chuzhe, who came to Igor Jovicevich at Dnipro-1. Looks good, but something is missing. The career of these players is not very high.
While Crnak is taking his first steps in adult football. He played very little to be able to draw any serious conclusions. If he continues to score (3 goals in the current season), then the price of a player will grow and it will not be easy to win the competition. In such situations, the risk can justify itself. On the other hand, Croatia has a lot of scouts from different countries. Therefore, some stories are very often inflated with interest in certain players for the sake of PR and increasing popularity in order to fill the price.
Sergei TISHCHENKO
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2023-08-27 18:03:00
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