Aleksander Kacaniklic

[Centarfor9]

Can anybody give me some background on this player?

[Barbarez10]

I heard he will play for Sweden...***k the ****!

[nb-legenda]

here Sinter:

He was born in August 13, 1991 (just turned 16) and he was already one of the most promising players in Liverpool U19 when he was 15. He got admitted to the first team but won't be playing games this season because there's so many good players in Liverpool, he'll have to wait. He previously played in youth clubs in Sweden but then moved to Liverpool for 500,000 euros when he was 14. Sadly, he was born in Sweden. His father is Bosniak and his mother is Serbian.

Here's a list of reserves and U18 players of Liverpool:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_F.C._Reserves_and_Academy#Players

They put a Swedish flag next to Kacaniklic.....just like the one in Ibrahimovic and the Luxembourg flag next to Pjanic. Our country isn't being noticed because these western countries steal our talent away.

[Nit]

he is AWESOME, i rate him very very highly. I watch liverpool with every moment and last season in the fa cup youth final he was one of the 3 main players that won it for them.

GET HIM NOWWW

[Vic]

He's got the nickname here in Sweden as the new "Kaka". He has a brilliant technique and he is very quick with the ball just like Kaka.

He used to play for Helsingborg here in Sweden but only in the youth teams. He has a older brother as well Robin Kacaniklic who's born 1988 and he's also very talanted.

[nb-legenda]

yeah it just ruins it that he plays Swedish youth teams... its almost impossible to get him now. him and Tahirovic are the players we need but it sucks that they probably will play for Sweden or something.

[Vic]

That's far from sure Nermin. I guess that they both aim to play for Sweden's NT in the future but it's a tough competition to take a place in Sweden. Muslimovic wanted to play for Sweden but he wasn't given a chance here so he chosed Bosnia. The same thing can happen with Tahirovic and the other young talents like Kacaniklic with Bosnian roots.

I mean look at our forwards in the NT at the moment. Ibrahimovic, Elmander, Rosenberg and future stars like Henok Goitom and Marcus Berg. All these players are pretty young and Tahirovic isn't even close to these players.

I think Tahirovic will end up playing for Bosnia due to the tough competion in Sweden. Just my opinion though.

Don't lose faith!

[nb-legenda]

You can't compare Goitom with Tahirovic because theres a 4 year difference. Tahirovic will be better than Goitom of 2008 for sure in 4 years! I think theres a misunderstanding. From what I've read, Sweden wanted to get Muslimovic on the team but Muslimovic chose to play for BiH instead, it's the other way around buddy. Same with Ibrahimovic, he wanted to play for BiH but he didn't have a choice because he was nearing that age where you have to decide which country you want to play for and Savez didn't want him, so he went to Sweden instead. By the way dude, most of the young stars in Swedish league have some kind of foreign roots. Without the foreigners, Sweden wouldn't be as good as they are today.

[Vic]

You can't compare Goitom with Tahirovic because theres a 4 year difference. Tahirovic will be better than Goitom of 2008 for sure in 4 years! I think theres a misunderstanding. From what I've read, Sweden wanted to get Muslimovic on the team but Muslimovic chose to play for BiH instead, it's the other way around buddy. Same with Ibrahimovic, he wanted to play for BiH but he didn't have a choice because he was nearing that age where you have to decide which country you want to play for and Savez didn't want him, so he went to Sweden instead. By the way dude, most of the young stars in Swedish league have some kind of foreign roots. Without the foreigners, Sweden wouldn't be as good as they are today.

He might be better than Goitom in the future but I doubt it. I'm not saying that Tahirovic isn't a big talent. I just have that feeling.

Goitom goal against Osasuna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivt5Ejexz_0

Muslimovic stated that he wanted to play upront in the Swedish NT together with Ibrahimovic but we have better players upfront than Muslimovic so he had to look for another option which in this case was Bosnia.

Why do you think that these players are so good? Have they been developed in Sweden or Bosnia? Just a question. No offence but you haven't developed so many great talents in Bosnia during the years. All these players that we're talking about has been developed here in Sweden.

You should be happy that we gave them a home to live in. We are one of those countries in the world that many dreams to live in cause of the great living standards.

However no-one knows the truth about Ibra. He might have wanted to play for Bosnia and got rejected but it's all speculations. We can go on forever about this but he's playing for Sweden and he's doing it with pride.

[1bosnian]

^i am not sure if IBRA is doing it so with pride VIC...he hasnt scored for sweden since the world cup '06

[Centarfor9]

That's far from sure Nermin. I guess that they both aim to play for Sweden's NT in the future but it's a tough competition to take a place in Sweden. Muslimovic wanted to play for Sweden but he wasn't given a chance here so he chosed Bosnia. The same thing can happen with Tahirovic and the other young talents like Kacaniklic with Bosnian roots.

I mean look at our forwards in the NT at the moment. Ibrahimovic, Elmander, Rosenberg and future stars like Henok Goitom and Marcus Berg. All these players are pretty young and Tahirovic isn't even close to these players.

I think Tahirovic will end up playing for Bosnia due to the tough competion in Sweden. Just my opinion though.

Don't lose faith!
hehe

bosnians are saying just the opposite

that Ibra for example wasn't given a chance to play in BiH Nt so he looked elsewhere (in this case Sweden :))

Tahirovic is not even on the radar when it comes to BiH Nt

[Centarfor9]

He might be better than Goitom in the future but I doubt it. I'm not saying that Tahirovic isn't a big talent. I just have that feeling.

Goitom goal against Osasuna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivt5Ejexz_0

Muslimovic stated that he wanted to play upront in the Swedish NT together with Ibrahimovic but we have better players upfront than Muslimovic so he had to look for another option which in this case was Bosnia.

Why do you think that these players are so good? Have they been developed in Sweden or Bosnia? Just a question. No offence but you haven't developed so many great talents in Bosnia during the years. All these players that we're talking about has been developed here in Sweden.

You should be happy that we gave them a home to live in. We are one of those countries in the world that many dreams to live in cause of the great living standards.

However no-one knows the truth about Ibra. He might have wanted to play for Bosnia and got rejected but it's all speculations. We can go on forever about this but he's playing for Sweden and he's doing it with pride.
my view on this is that players have to decide for themselves where they want to play (in accordance with FIFA rules of course)

Muslimovic is decent player played for the BiH U-21 and joined BiH NT, saying that he chose BiH since he couldn't play for Sweden is a stretch - to say the least.

Why do you think that these players are so good? Have they been developed in Sweden or Bosnia? Just a question. No offence but you haven't developed so many great talents in Bosnia during the years.
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

priceless :D

[Vic]

^i am not sure if IBRA is doing it so with pride VIC...he hasnt scored for sweden since the world cup '06

Actually it's longer than that. His latest goal in the NT was against Iceland in the last qualification game before WC 06'.

Anyway he hasen't played so many games cause of different reasons (Injuried, Boycott-Incident etc.)

He has been outstanding in those few games that he has played but somehow he couldn't get the ball in net.

However I think that your argument is pretty silly, I mean since has goals determined wheter a player is proud to play for it's nation or not?

[Vic]

my view on this is that players have to decide for themselves where they want to play

Amen! :smoking:

[Centarfor9]

and it's up to opposing countries and the respective Football Associations to fight for them i.e. prevent others from getting them in various ways i.e. making the players decision one way i.e. leaving them with one decision i.e. making the decision for them :D

in whch way we with our incompetent FA would always lose lol

[Vic]

Sinter for President of BIH!!!!

Viva la revolución, Viva Sinter!

:D

[Spielfuhrer]

Muslimovic is decent player played for the BiH U-21 and joined BiH NT, saying that he chose BiH since he couldn't play for Sweden is a stretch - to say the least.

Vic is absolutely right. In the autumn of 2005 Zlatan Muslimovic declared in various medias that he would prefer to represent the swedish nationalteam.

Heres an article from a norwegian newspaper on the matter:

http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2006/01/09/454283.html

In this interview from january of 2006 he admits to having contacted FIFA for being eligble for the swedish nationalteam.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/italien/article343604.ab

He was all set to represent Sweden when he for some reason changed his mind and accepted a call up from Blaz Sliskovic to represent Bosnia against France on the 16th of august 2006. Only Muslimovic himself knows the reason why he changed his mind, but its quite likely he realised he would be much better of playing for Bosnia when this call up came from Sliskovic - instead of waiting for a phone call from swedish coach Lagerbäck that might never come.

As for all these silly stories youre making about Zlatan Ibrahimovic wanting to represent Bosnia you guys desperatly needs to stop evolving around these wishfull myths and come to terms with reality. Zlatan Ibrahimovic chose Sweden because thats where he was born. On various occasions he`s claimed neither Bosnia or Croatia was an option - although he technicly could have chosen to represent either of them. Ibra has never hidden his love for Rosgården, Malmö and Sweden. He also claims to have visited Bosnia only on one occasion.

[nb-legenda]

^ you ignorant: http://www.iransportspress.com/?c=46&a=2908

if you take the time to read all that, you'll find out that Ibrahimovic wanted to play for Bosnia. He had no choice than to choose Sweden because the FA didn't call him up for a reason and he was nearing that age where he had to choose a country. He plays for Sweden because of this reason. Read the last sentence... it says: "It would have been fantastic to play for Bosnia, if I could have only played for them once. Now it is too late".

[Spielfuhrer]

^ you ignorant: http://www.iransportspress.com/?c=46&a=2908

if you take the time to read all that, you'll find out that Ibrahimovic wanted to play for Bosnia. He had no choice than to choose Sweden because the FA didn't call him up for a reason and he was nearing that age where he had to choose a country. He plays for Sweden because of this reason. Read the last sentence... it says: "It would have been fantastic to play for Bosnia, if I could have only played for them once. Now it is too late".

"Had no choice that to choose Sweden"? The article clearly says he could have represented Bosnia if thats what he wanted, but he turned them down due to the first call up not being to the squad of their best players. Thats how commited he was and he was nowhere near the age of having to choose a country (21) when he later on made his debut for Sweden (19).

[Centarfor9]

Vic is absolutely right. In the autumn of 2005 Zlatan Muslimovic declared in various medias that he would prefer to represent the swedish nationalteam.

Heres an article from a norwegian newspaper on the matter:

http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2006/01/09/454283.html

In this interview from january of 2006 he admits to having contacted FIFA for being eligble for the swedish nationalteam.

http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/italien/article343604.ab

He was all set to represent Sweden when he for some reason changed his mind and accepted a call up from Blaz Sliskovic to represent Bosnia against France on the 16th of august 2006. Only Muslimovic himself knows the reason why he changed his mind, but its quite likely he realised he would be much better of playing for Bosnia when this call up came from Sliskovic - instead of waiting for a phone call from swedish coach Lagerbäck that might never come.

As for all these silly stories youre making about Zlatan Ibrahimovic wanting to represent Bosnia you guys desperatly needs to stop evolving around these wishfull myths and come to terms with reality. Zlatan Ibrahimovic chose Sweden because thats where he was born. On various occasions he`s claimed neither Bosnia or Croatia was an option - although he technicly could have chosen to represent either of them. Ibra has never hidden his love for Rosgården, Malmö and Sweden. He also claims to have visited Bosnia only on one occasion.
first about Muslimovic

you responded to this (which is from some of my posts)

Muslimovic is decent player played for the BiH U-21 and joined BiH NT, saying that he chose BiH since he couldn't play for Sweden is a stretch - to say the least.


where you said

Vic is absolutely right. In the autumn of 2005 Zlatan Muslimovic declared in various medias that he would prefer to represent the swedish nationalteam.


but then you go on to say
He was all set to represent Sweden when he for some reason changed his mind and accepted a call up from Blaz Sliskovic to represent Bosnia against France on the 16th of august 2006. Only Muslimovic himself knows the reason why he changed his mind,

you my friend just "owned" yourself there

neither your statment "Vic is absolutely right." has validity nor does Vic's statment :D

case 821: Spielfuhrer self ownage

nevertheless you continue

, but its quite likely he realised he would be much better of playing for Bosnia when this call up came from Sliskovic - instead of waiting for a phone call from swedish coach Lagerbäck that might never come.
interesting opinion - interesting position on the subject

however it is a "stretch" :D

one explanation I would offer you is that Muslimovic feels more bosnian than Ibrahimovic and feels like bosnia is his home country i.e. the country he wants to represent

as for this
As for all these silly stories youre making about Zlatan Ibrahimovic wanting to represent Bosnia you guys desperatly needs to stop evolving around these wishfull myths and come to terms with reality. Zlatan Ibrahimovic chose Sweden because thats where he was born. On various occasions he`s claimed neither Bosnia or Croatia was an option - although he technicly could have chosen to represent either of them. Ibra has never hidden his love for Rosgården, Malmö and Sweden. He also claims to have visited Bosnia only on one occasion.
when you say "youre making up"

I hope you are not refering for me personally because that's very insulting, rude/unpolite not to mention that it's a Lie

If you used the plural version of you :D ...well I'm not familiar that well with everybody here but as far as I know they didn't make up any stories - if they have had made some up I would have came across them one would think

however in the past (years ago - when Ibrahimovic was 17...21) I have read articles that were popping up about him and I have also read what people from Bosnian FA and Zlatan's father have said on the subject and when someones tells me that didn't happen I can simply laugh it up a bit :)

[Centarfor9]

"Had no choice that to choose Sweden"? The article clearly says he could have represented Bosnia if thats what he wanted, but he turned them down due to the first call up not being to the squad of their best players. Thats how commited he was and he was nowhere near the age of having to choose a country (21) when he later on made his debut for Sweden (19).
there is no way Sweden would have let him play even if he had a chance (not sure were the rules same back then - actually I'm sure they were not)

[Spielfuhrer]

I`m not sure I follow you here, Sinter. In what way does "Only Muslimovic himself knows the reason why he changed his mind" referring to him accepting a call up by Sliskovic six months after he claimed he wanted to represent Sweden contradict to anything what Vic says?

These bitparts and quotes from articles in swedish newspaper "Expressen" on the 9th of january 2006 and 28th of october 2005 pretty much sums ups Muslimovics intentions at that point.

From the 9th of january 2006:
http://www.expressen.se/1.298265

"Zlatan Muslimovic har ansökt om att få byta landslag, från Bosnien-Hercegovina till Sverige. Alla handlingar finns nu hos Fifa och ett beslutet väntas inom en månad. - Jag tror det går igenom. Sedan beror det på mig själv. Jag måste ta en starttröja i Messina och visa att jag har kvaliteter för svenska landslaget, säger han"

Translation: "Zlatan Muslimovic has applied to switch from representing Bosnia to Sweden. The matter is now a case with FIFA. "I think my application will go through, and then its up to me. I need to play regularly for Messina and prove that I ve got the quality needed to represent Sweden", he says."

From the 28th of october 2005:
http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/1.268617/zlatan-byter-land-det-ar-en-utmaning

"Varför vill du byta landslag till Sverige? - Jag fick aldrig någon chans i svenska U21-landslaget. Då valde jag Bosnien. Sedan kom regeländringen att kunna byta till Sverige. Då vill jag ta den. "

Translation: "Why do you want to switch to the swedish nationalteam? -"I never got a chance on the swedish U-21 team so I picked Bosnia. Then came the rule that made it possible for me to switch back to Sweden. I want to take that opportunity."

Its quite obvious Muslimovic had Sweden as his first choice when he was about to make a decision, but then went back on it and continued to represent Bosnia instead which today, a few years later, must be considered Swedens loss and our gain.

As for Ibrahimovic I`ve seen lots of interviews where he has claimed that Sweden was his only real option. I`ve never read or heard any interview where he has said that the Bosnian nationalteam at any point has been his preferred choice. Still so many claims he would have chosen Bosnia if only he had gotten the chance. What is it these people knows that he obviously has yet to figure out himself?

[Spielfuhrer]

when you say "youre making up"

I hope you are not refering for me personally because that's very insulting, rude/unpolite not to mention that it's a Lie

You = those of you. Not you singlehandedly. And I am not claiming you, as in those of you who claim Ibrahimovic most of all wanted to play for Bosnia, are lying. I`m just thinking the idea of Ibra wanting to represent Bosnia is more wishful thinking and myths than based on actual and proven facts. Everything I`ve ever heard him say on the matter himself leaves Sweden as his only option.

[nb-legenda]

Sinter, sir, you're the king!

[nb-legenda]

as in those of you who claim Ibrahimovic most of all wanted to play for Bosnia, are lying.

Spiel...

"It would have been fantastic to play for Bosnia, if I could have only played for them once. Now it is too late"�- Zlatan Ibraimovic talking to Bosnian magazine BiH Dani

There you go

Spielfuhrer=PWNED

If you want more information:

http://www.iransportspress.com/?c=46&a=2908

It couldn't have been simpler

[nb-legenda]

And I could've also made up shit and say that Bosnia was so good that Ibrahimovic couldn't get in their lineup, but I'm not the "Spielfuhrer" type of guy :lol:

[Vic]

What's wrong with you Nermin?

3 crappy posts in 3 minutes, are you aiming for some type of record?

No-one gets PWNED around these boards dude. We are here to discuss with eachother in a friendly way. Please keep it that way.

[nb-legenda]

^ If you want to talk about "Pwning" or "Owning" talk to Bosanac or Sinter. Theyre the experts ;)

[nb-legenda]

What's wrong with you Nermin?

3 crappy posts in 3 minutes, are you aiming for some type of record?

No-one gets PWNED around these boards dude. We are here to discuss with eachother in a friendly way. Please keep it that way.

I don't understand...

Post 1: Sinter, sir, you're a king!

perfectly true, he ALWAYS backs his arguments with facts and it seems impossible to win him over, which is why he gets everyone's respect

Post 2 gives some clearance on what Spielfuhrer mistaken.

Post 3 gives an insight of how it feels to be on the other side of the argument if you know what I'm saying

all of these posts are useful information. and sorry that I'm a fast typer and I can post like 3 posts in like 3 minutes... I don't see any hard effort in that do you?

[Centarfor9]

I`m not sure I follow you here, Sinter. In what way does "Only Muslimovic himself knows the reason why he changed his mind" referring to him accepting a call up by Sliskovic six months after he claimed he wanted to represent Sweden contradict to anything what Vic says?

These bitparts and quotes from articles in swedish newspaper "Expressen" on the 9th of january 2006 and 28th of october 2005 pretty much sums ups Muslimovics intentions at that point.

From the 9th of january 2006:
http://www.expressen.se/1.298265

"Zlatan Muslimovic har ansökt om att få byta landslag, från Bosnien-Hercegovina till Sverige. Alla handlingar finns nu hos Fifa och ett beslutet väntas inom en månad. - Jag tror det går igenom. Sedan beror det på mig själv. Jag måste ta en starttröja i Messina och visa att jag har kvaliteter för svenska landslaget, säger han"

Translation: "Zlatan Muslimovic has applied to switch from representing Bosnia to Sweden. The matter is now a case with FIFA. "I think my application will go through, and then its up to me. I need to play regularly for Messina and prove that I ve got the quality needed to represent Sweden", he says."

From the 28th of october 2005:
http://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/1.268617/zlatan-byter-land-det-ar-en-utmaning

"Varför vill du byta landslag till Sverige? - Jag fick aldrig någon chans i svenska U21-landslaget. Då valde jag Bosnien. Sedan kom regeländringen att kunna byta till Sverige. Då vill jag ta den. "

Translation: "Why do you want to switch to the swedish nationalteam? -"I never got a chance on the swedish U-21 team so I picked Bosnia. Then came the rule that made it possible for me to switch back to Sweden. I want to take that opportunity."

Its quite obvious Muslimovic had Sweden as his first choice when he was about to make a decision, but then went back on it and continued to represent Bosnia instead which today, a few years later, must be considered Swedens loss and our gain.

but he could have played for Sweden if he wanted to like you said "He was all set to represent Sweden when he for some reason changed his mind and accepted a call up from Blaz Sliskovic to represent Bosnia against France on the 16th of august 2006. Only Muslimovic himself knows the reason why he changed his mind, "

you are trying to stretch it out make something out of nothing :wave:



As for Ibrahimovic I`ve seen lots of interviews where he has claimed that Sweden was his only real option.
sure you did

not denying that ;)

I`ve never read or heard any interview where he has said that the Bosnian nationalteam at any point has been his preferred choice.
sure you did

not denying that ;)


Still so many claims he would have chosen Bosnia if only he had gotten the chance.
strange eh? :)


What is it these people knows that he obviously has yet to figure out himself?
catchy phrase

"What is it these people knows that he obviously has yet to figure out himself?" said Spielfuhrer.

coool :smoking:

[Centarfor9]

You = those of you. Not you singlehandedly.And I am not claiming you, as in those of you who claim Ibrahimovic most of all wanted to play for Bosnia, are lying. I`m just thinking the idea of Ibra wanting to represent Bosnia is more wishful thinking and myths than based on actual and proven facts. Everything I`ve ever heard him say on the matter himself leaves Sweden as his only option.
ok then

If you used the plural version of you :D ...well I'm not familiar that well with everybody here but as far as I know they didn't make up any stories - if they have had made some up I would have came across them one would think

however in the past (years ago - when Ibrahimovic was 17...21) I have read articles that were popping up about him and I have also read what people from Bosnian FA and Zlatan's father have said on the subject and when someones tells me that didn't happen I can simply laugh it up a bit :)

you are quick to discredit one side and put your "doubts" (if I can call it that) - there is nothing wrong with that - but that is ignorant

[Centarfor9]

if anybody has any complaint just post them here Requests/questions ... To Mods/Members (http://forums.soccerfansnetwork.com/showthread.php?t=48423) and I'll respond to it

any complaints about the moderators here send them to the senior mods

[Spielfuhrer]

but he could have played for Sweden if he wanted to like you said "He was all set to represent Sweden when he for some reason changed his mind and accepted a call up from Blaz Sliskovic to represent Bosnia against France on the 16th of august 2006. Only Muslimovic himself knows the reason why he changed his mind, "

you are trying to stretch it out make something out of nothing :wave:

What is it you dont understand? Muslimovic was eligible to represent both Sweden and Bosnia at the start of 2006. According to the articles I`ve published its quite obvious that his preferred choice was Sweden. Still, to get to play for them, he, just like everyone else, needs to get a call up from the swedish nationalcoach. Muslimovics problem was that he didnt get it. He was ignored for three swedish squads for the first half of 2006. Then when Sliskovic called him in summer he had to think things over - was he going to wait for a call up from Lagerbäck that might never come or was he gonna "return" to Bosnia where he quite clearly was more wanted? And he chose the latter one. Thinking this had anything to do with a great and passionate love for Bosnia is pretty naive when he just a few months earlier worked hard towards FIFA to represent someone else.

This article: http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/article379469.ab

.. pretty much sums it up. It mentions him getting called up by Sliskovic for the Asian Tour in may 2006.

"Men efter att förgäves ha väntat på ett samtal från det svenska landslaget, har han nu bestämt sig.
- De ringde honom, han funderade och pratade med familjen och nu åker han och kommer troligen att spela, säger Darmin Muslimovic, bror till Zlatan."

Translation: "He waited without success for a call up from Sweden, but now they (Bosnia) has called him and he has thought about it, talked to his family and will most likely play for them, says Darmin Muslimovic, Zlatans brother."

He eventually never took part in the asian tour though, not sure if he got injured or still hesitated to commit to Bosnia at that point, but he accepted a call up three months later and made his debut against France in august 2006.

Which is fine by me. I dont bear any grudges against him for wiggling back and forth. I`m just pleased he is at our disposal now.

[Spielfuhrer]

.

[FR Sloboda]

Damn im sure the Bosnian FA can persuade Tahirovic and Kacaniklic to join our NT - They should lie and say if you choose to play for Bih we will arrange for Seka Aleksic to give you a blowjob.

ali oni mogao biti pedara:lol:

[Spielfuhrer]

Damn im sure the Bosnian FA can persuade Tahirovic and Kacaniklic to join our NT - They should lie and say if you choose to play for Bih we will arrange for Seka Aleksic to give you a blowjob.

ali oni mogao biti pedara:lol:

With Kodro and Bolic travelling around Europe to talk to the boycotting players in the forthcoming days I would like to see them visit players like Vrancic, Tahirovic, 2 x Subotic, Begovic a.s.o, as well. Fuad Muzurovic wouldnt get anything for free in convincing these youngsters to represent Bosnia, and Nikola Nikic most certainly didnt when he recently went to see Vrancic and N. Subotic either, but when Kodro and Bolic comes to see you I would think the idea of representing Bosnia suddenly looks far more appealing to each and everyone of them. With two real legends on your doorstep, who could turn them down?

[nb-legenda]

It sucks that like less than half of our good U21, U17, U19 players actually play for us :lol:

[Centarfor9]

What is it you dont understand? Muslimovic was eligible to represent both Sweden and Bosnia at the start of 2006. According to the articles I`ve published its quite obvious that his preferred choice was Sweden. Still, to get to play for them, he, just like everyone else, needs to get a call up from the swedish nationalcoach. Muslimovics problem was that he didnt get it. He was ignored for three swedish squads for the first half of 2006. Then when Sliskovic called him in summer he had to think things over - was he going to wait for a call up from Lagerbäck that might never come or was he gonna "return" to Bosnia where he quite clearly was more wanted? And he chose the latter one. Thinking this had anything to do with a great and passionate love for Bosnia is pretty naive when he just a few months earlier worked hard towards FIFA to represent someone else.

This article: http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/article379469.ab

.. pretty much sums it up. It mentions him getting called up by Sliskovic for the Asian Tour in may 2006.

"Men efter att förgäves ha väntat på ett samtal från det svenska landslaget, har han nu bestämt sig.
- De ringde honom, han funderade och pratade med familjen och nu åker han och kommer troligen att spela, säger Darmin Muslimovic, bror till Zlatan."

Translation: "He waited without success for a call up from Sweden, but now they (Bosnia) has called him and he has thought about it, talked to his family and will most likely play for them, says Darmin Muslimovic, Zlatans brother."

He eventually never took part in the asian tour though, not sure if he got injured or still hesitated to commit to Bosnia at that point, but he accepted a call up three months later and made his debut against France in august 2006.

Which is fine by me. I dont bear any grudges against him for wiggling back and forth. I`m just pleased he is at our disposal now.
hehe NO

it's based on your assumption

the call wasn't long away, but yet he chose BiH (taking this out of your posts)

my view on this is that player has to decide what he wants to do (they will have to live with the decision - and any decision might haunt them for life)

as far as Muslimovic is concerned he needs to get his act together because he might not be playing for BiH if his form is like it has been in Moldova and Hungary games