Nenad Bjeliça has denied this Thursday the words put in his mouth by the Turkish press, in which he assured that the Betis He contacted him in November with a view to a possible incorporation. “No, we have never had contact to discuss this issue. I know the people inside, like Alexis, Merino, Jaime, Cañas … I was with Jaime once he came to watch a game for Dinamo Zagreb. The issue of training the Betis it has never been on the table. Only a few years ago, Eduardo Maciá called my representatives to find out about my situation, but nothing more, ”said Bjeliça this Thursday in Cope Sevilla, to give his version of the matter, which has been echoed by numerous media in the capital of Seville. because the future of Ruby in the short term is a mystery and the name of Bjeliça is one of those that has been playing for a long time.
On the march of Betis this season, Bjeliça He commented that “when I was training for Dinamo Zagreb, I didn't have much time to watch, until the end of December we played 35 games and I didn't have much time. Now with the coronavirus and after my departure from Dinamo I have been able to follow it much more. The squad has a lot of quality, there are very good players. Surely, one of the seven or eight best in Spanish football. It is very difficult in the distance to say what is happening. The squad has a lot of quality and sometimes in 2 + 2 football there are not four. The template may have quality and something may be missing. You think you have done well and things go wrong and vice versa. You have to be inside to know why Betis is not at the level expected of him. I don't want to get involved in what's going on at Betis and I have a lot of respect for a teammate who has a long contract. He is receiving a lot of criticism and in football this is so, what goes wrong is the coach's fault and what goes well is everyone's fault. I wish the best to Ruby”, Explained the Croatian.
Asked if he would like to direct the Betis, a club where he was as a footballer between 1996 and 1998, said the following: “It is a great club, my memories are the best, I have a son who was born there. I was only there for a year and a half and maybe it was my big mistake in my career, leaving when I was at the club at a great time. But in football you never know, right now I am free and I am studying various possibilities and I will see where life takes me, ”he argued.