Bojan Djordjic




Beyond The Pitch show

Summary: Phil and Anto are joined by Bojan Djordjic who has had a very interesting career playing for Manchester United, Rangers and Red Star Belgrade after emigrating to Sweden as a young player from the former Yugoslavia. Born in Belgrade, Serbia he has seen football through the eyes of a player who has tested himself at some very historic football clubs and he joins us to talk about this intriguing career in a candid way not usually revealed in the media. Bojan cuts no corners nor makes no apologies for being the big personality creative player who arrived in Sweden and had to do almost twice as much to prove that he belonged and discusses some of the issues beyond the public eye that go into perceptions about players in general and how the inner workings really are. Check out his first hand account with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and how the very controversial striker can be understood and how he is continually misinterpreted by people who cover the game. We discuss his days at United, how his relationship with Sir Alex landed him another shot with Royal Antwerp in Belgium and how his return to Red Star Belgrade with a Manchester United tag may have been the most challenging part of his career. We examine the role of the number 10 in modern football, how lesser teams could never see that expressive players of his quality were not wingmen but better inside players controlling an attack and how he sees the game from the inside. This is a very revealing interview that deals with Sweden, Serbia, football in the Premiership and explores a one of a kind career that is as colorful as it is revealing.