Unprecedented offer for Obradovic in the Euroleague

While the Panathinaikos prepares to begin the final leg of the domestic competition against the Olympiacosthe Greek club is already looking ahead to next season, in which there could be a change on the benches. Ergin’s position Atamanafter not qualifying for the Euroleague Final Four, would be in danger and, according to ‘Meridian Sport’, Zeljko Obradovic (66 years old) would be the main option to replace him.

The president of Panathinaikos, Dimitris Giannakopouloswould prepare a very juicy offer for the most successful coach in all of Europe. According to the aforementioned media, the club has offered him a two-year contract worth 10 million euros, which would make him the highest paid coach on the continent.

Zeljko’s return Obradovic Athens is approaching. The Serbian coach was already at the club between 1999 and 2012, in a legendary period in which he conquered five Euroleague titles. He also won eleven Greek league trophies, an impressive record of achievements. “Panathinaikos has been my home for 13 years and it will remain that way all my life,” he said in his farewell.

The return of Obradovic to the Panathinaikos It would be one of the most anticipated returns in European basketball. The veteran Serbian coach holds the record for Euroleague titles, with nine, achieved with five different teams. The Greek club’s proposal reflects its intentions and ambition to once again win a title that it has not won since 2024, when it broke a 13-year drought without lifting the continental trophy.

This Wednesday, the Olympiacos and the Panathinaikos They meet in Piraeus (8:00 p.m.) in the first game of the Greek league finals. The group directed by Ergin Ataman They will seek to lift the title of the domestic competition and put aside the bad taste in their mouths with which their participation in the Euroleague ended.