Nikola Kalinic is returning to Crvena Zvezda, Basketball Sphere learns from a source close to former Barcelona player.
Kalinic will wear the red and white jersey for the third time in his career, which he previously wore in the period from 2014/2015, and then from 2021/2022 seasons.
The final decision was made today and there is no more dilemma – we are just waiting for the cooperation to be made official.
For a long time, there was speculation about whether Nikola Kalinic would return to Belgrade, the leading people of Crvena Zvezda made it clear and loud that he was a “target” and in the end, they managed to persuade him to help them fight for their goals in the next season.
Kalinic had two concrete offers from the EuroLeague on the table in the previous days, he weighed between them and finally decide to return to the place of great success, to the team he last said goodbye with the triple crown for which he was the most deserving player.
In the previous days, Crvena Zvezda signed Uros Plavsic and Isaiah Canaan, so Kalinic represents the third summer acquisition.