July 14, 2020 – Marin Brbic has resigned from the President of the Management Board of Hajduk, the club announced on its official website.
“I am resigning from the position of President of the Management Board of HNK Hajduk. It is my moral obligation because we failed to achieve the promised result this season, and that is the place that leads to the qualifications for the Champions League,” said Brbic, adding:
“I will not leave the club immediately, but when the conditions for that are met, because out of responsibility towards Hajduk, I must not and do not want to allow them to run without their heads, keeping in mind the importance of maintaining business stability and the functioning of the Club.”
The Supervisory Board may or may not accept Brbic’s decision
Now, everything is decided by the members of the Hajduk Supervisory Board, who may or may not accept Brbic’s resignation.
Brbic’s resignation does not come as a surprise, because at the beginning of the season, he announced that he would leave Hajduk if the club does not win at least second place in the current season, which leads to the qualifications for the Champions League next season.
If the Supervisory Board manages to persuade Brbic to stay, we won’t know until next Sunday, when the Assembly of the club will be held, at which the City of Split and the association Nas Hajduk (which together control over 90% of ownership) will comment on the situation.
Since Hajduk was two points away from Osijek two rounds before the end of the championship, there will likely be no Champions League this time around.
Brbic began his second term as president of the Split club in early March 2019, when he succeeded Jasmin Huljaj.
Brbic’s return at the time was a natural solution after the arrival of Benjamin Perasovic at the head of the Supervisory Board.
Brbic was first the President of the Hajduk Management Board in a challenging situation, when the club was saved from bankruptcy by selling young players and raising loans for which the city of Split was its guarantor.
After three years and nine months in office, his cooperation was terminated by a decision of the then Supervisory Board, which sought a step forward.
When Brbic first came to Hajduk, he was met with a debt of 105 million kuna. His closest associate at the time was Goran Vucevic, who put together a team of young players and later sold them in order for the club to survive.
He held the position of President from 2012 to 2016.
Source: Index.hr
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