Former top flight champions Sheikh Russel have decided to rope in the services of a foreign coach in the upcoming Bangladesh Premier Football League and their former Montenegrin coach Dragan Djukanovic is at the top of their preferred list.
Club president Nurul Alam Chowdhury revealed the fact yesterday. “The club’s football committee decided to appoint a foreign coach and we have chosen Dragan Djukanovic as the coach. We have a shortlist but Dragan is at the top of our preference list. We are in communication and I hope everything will be finalised within a week. If Dragan does not fit to our plans then we will start communication with the others.”
The 47-year old Montenegrin has almost 12 years of experience in coaching and guided Russel from the halfway stage of last season. He had taken over responsibility of the head coach position after Russel sacked Maruful Haque.
Djukanovic is an UEFA A-Licensed and Pro-Licensed coach and played for various clubs in the leagues of Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Cyprus before calling it a day in 2003. Then he became a fulltime coach.