Official statistics monitored by “Emirates Today” from the official website of the Professional League revealed that the Bosnian Sharjah team midfielder, Miralem Pjanic, did not score any goal until the 25th round of the ADNOC Professional League for the current season 2023-2024, which was held last Sunday, and that the last goal he scored was In the league competition, he was in the league last season, noting that Pjanic, who moved to Al Sharjah Club in September 2022 coming from the Spanish club Barcelona on a free transfer contract for two seasons, had a market value of 9.5 million euros at the time of his joining, but it has now decreased according to “Transfer Market” to Four million euros, and the player fell to third place in terms of market value for Sharjah players, while Caio Lucas tops the list with the most market value with five million euros, followed in second place by Luan Pereira with 4.5 million euros.
Pjanic (34 years old) participated in 22 matches this season, including 21 starts for a total of 1,779 minutes, and only assisted seven goals. In the past league, he played 18 matches, including 14 starts for a total of 1,082 minutes, and scored four goals and made as many.
Pjanic appeared to be an ordinary player this season in many of the matches in which he participated as a starter, despite the great technical experience he enjoyed, having previously played in the ranks of major international clubs such as: Barcelona and Lyon in France from 2008 to 2011, and Roma in Italy from 2011 to 2016. And the Italian Juventus from 2016 to 2020, and the Spanish Barcelona again in the 2020-2021 season, and with the Turkish Besiktas in the 2021-2022 season, and the highest market value the player reached was 70 million euros in 2018.
The Sharjah team currently occupies fifth place in the ADNOC Professional League standings with 39 points, and this season has bid farewell to competition in all local and foreign tournaments.
Although the team’s coach, Roman Cosmin, continued to rely on Pjanic as a key player in the team’s lineup, his artistic imprint with Sharjah is still absent, and he did not appear in a convincing image.
When Sharjah signed Pjanic at the beginning of last season, the fans had high hopes for him, especially since the team’s ranks at that time also included the Spanish Paco Alcacer, who moved this season to the Emirates Club on loan, and the Greek Manolas, who left the team this season, and despite the presence This is a veteran trio in the ranks of Sharjah. The team finished last season in seventh place with 43 points, after winning only 12 matches out of 26, drawing seven and losing the same.
Salem Hadid: Performance, not market value, matters
The former international player and legal advisor, Salem Hadid, confirmed that the technical level with which Pjanic appeared was a surprise to the Sharjah fans, and even to the followers of the local league, and he did not provide the required addition, even though he is a great player and has long experience in the stadiums, in addition to his market value was High when he moved to Sharjah.
Salem Hadid told Emirates Al-Youm: “Pjanic did not fill the void created by the departure of former team player Igor Kornado, so the point in football players is not their market value, but rather their performance on the field.” Hadid stressed that the technical staff and the football company should have known about the appearance and the reasons that led to the player not appearing at the required technical level.
Hadid pointed out the importance of reconsidering the team’s entire system, and evaluating the performance of foreign players, as well as the technical staff, based on a clear technical vision.
. 70 million euros… the highest market value Pjanic reached in 2018.
. 39 points were collected by Sharjah from 25 matches in the ADNOC League.
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