{"id":509684,"date":"2026-08-13T09:45:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=509684"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:45:54","slug":"partizan-president-dismisses-transfer-rumors-many-negotiations-only-exist-in-the-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/partizan-president-dismisses-transfer-rumors-many-negotiations-only-exist-in-the-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Partizan president dismisses transfer rumors: “Many negotiations only exist in the media”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Partizan Mozzart Bet<\/strong> president Ostoja Mijailovic<\/strong> has pushed back against the growing number of transfer rumors linking the Serbian club with high-profile players during the EuroLeague offseason.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Serbian newspaper Kurir<\/strong>, Mijailovic acknowledged that Partizan occasionally misses out on transfer targets but insisted that many of the reported negotiations are completely fictional.<\/p>\n

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“Of course it happens that we don’t sign certain players, but the public needs to know one thing: not every player linked with Partizan was actually in negotiations with Partizan.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To support his point, Mijailovic cited the case of Nick Weiler-Babb<\/strong>, who recently signed with Crvena Zvezda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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“Weiler-Babb was offered to us. We evaluated him and decided he didn’t fit our vision of the team. We never made an offer and we never entered negotiations.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to the Partizan president, the same applies to many other names that have appeared in media reports throughout the summer.<\/p>\n

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“The media connected us with dozens of players we never even contacted.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mijailovic also criticized the narrative that emerges whenever those players eventually sign elsewhere.<\/p>\n

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“Then, when a player joins another club, the story becomes that Partizan ‘lost the race.’ That’s simply not true. I understand that sensational headlines sell news, but I don’t accept creating the image that Partizan is failing in the market based on fictional negotiations.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source: Kurir<\/a> (Serbia).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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