Midfielder Nikola Vlašić once made a great noise in CSKA. Horvath was a key player of the “army team”, he saw the field great, handed out assists and scored great goals himself, of which 33 in 108 matches accumulated during his time in Moscow. For three seasons, Vlašić made fans and experts fall in love with him.

True, for the last six months in Russia, the football player did not look like himself, and his father, Joshko Vlašić, constantly criticized CSKA. He openly stated that Nikola stayed too long in Moscow and he needed a new challenge. The “soldiers” with the demotivated Croatian began to experience problems, and as a result, Vlašić was sold to West Ham for a good amount of 30 million euros.

True, after moving to England last summer, Nicola played only 18 matches in the Premier League (coming out in the end) and scored one goal. Now the Hammers want to get rid of Vlasic.

Nikola Vlasic / Photo: © PFC CSKA

Karma works against a Croatian

Everything in this life comes back like a boomerang. Someone believes in this saying, someone does not, but, for example, in relation to the Vlašić family, it is quite possible to use it. In October 2021, the father of the football player Yoshko for some reason criticized the former coaches of CSKA, although his son had been in London for several months.

– CSKA used the big winter break badly. The preparation was poorly thought out, coach [Виктор Гончаренко] made not very successful tactical changes, and instead of winning the championship in the spring, they lost important points from the very beginning, and their ambitions collapsed.

Nicola suffered a lot in the past transfer period. He knew he had to leave if he wanted to keep progress. He hoped that after the Euro he would not return to Moscow at all. The club’s training was not very intense, the new coach [Алексей Березуцкий] did not allow any of his players to stay after training. This was followed by criticism in the public space. Nikola was restless and exhausted, nacional.hr quotes Father Vlašić as saying.

Well, Yoshko, how did you manage to “save progress”? Yes, it is unlikely to be done on the bench. By the way, a month after the interview at one of the West Ham training sessions, Nikola lost consciousness – the partner strongly charged the Croatian with his elbow in the head. And at the end of 2021, the British edition of The Mirror included Vlašić in the list of the ten worst transfers in the Premier League.

Do not think that I am specifically looking for negative facts from his London biography. Not at all. The fact is that this is the only news that there is about Nicola (besides the fact that he was on the bench for the next West Ham match).

Nikola Vlasic / Photo: © Zac Goodwin – PA Images / Contributor / PA Images / Gettyimages.ru

West Ham to sell Vlasic

According to British and Italian journalists, Vlasic will move to Torino. True, it is not yet clear whether on a permanent basis or on a leasehold basis. If the sale is complete, then the amount will definitely be lower than for the transfer from CSKA. During the time in the Moscow club, Nikola filled himself with the maximum price tag (30 million euros), after moving to England, he began to lose value, and now Vlašić is estimated at 22 million euros.

The story of the Croat is not the first and will not be the last. Nicola and his agent were in too much of a hurry to leave CSKA and ended up making the wrong choice. The midfielder did not sensibly assess his strength. Perhaps it was not worth going to the Premier League right away, or it was necessary to choose a team from the bottom of the table.

In general, Vlašić’s father should be more respectful of his son’s past. Why criticize the club when you no longer have any relation to it? After all, it was thanks to CSKA that Nikola opened up for Europe, filled himself with a price tag, and became a truly stronger football player. Let’s see what Yoshko has to say about West Ham, and if he says anything at all. Or is David Moyes also a weak coach?