FK Jedinstvo Ub release official statement after losing Miodrag Pivas to Newcastle United

FK Jedinstvo Ub have released an official statement reacting to the loss of Miodrag Pivas to Newcastle United.

Saturday morning seeing the news revealed that the exciting young talent had agreed to join NUFC.

Turning 19 just in May, Miodrag Ub was a constant in the first team from the end of October 2023 throughout the season, a key figure as the 18 year old helped FK Jedinstvo Ub finish runners-up and get promotion to the Serbian top tier.

The Serbian club reacting very positively to news of their young star’s departure, in terms of wishing him the very best at Newcastle United.

Former Man U, Chelsea and Serbia star Nemanja Matic says that Newcastle’s new signing has the ‘kind of potential not seen since Nemanja Vidic’, which is high praise indeed.

The statement from FK Jedinstvo Ub is below and hopefully is pretty accurate via Google translate.

Unlike the headline PIVAŠ U NJUKASLU!, which translated as YOU’RE DRINKING IN NEWCASTLE!, which I guess wasn’t exactly what they were meaning to say!

FK Jedinstvo Ub official statement after Miodrag Pivas joins Newcastle United – 20 July 2024:

Miodrag Pivaš recorded great games in the Jedinstva jersey, Nemanja Matić also spoke about his talent, stressing that “this kind of potential has not been seen since Nemanja Vidić and Banet Ivanović”. The fact that Pivaš became a Newcastle United player confirms that talent is indisputable and that work and discipline produce results.

Miodrag Pivaš plays in the position of stopper and was the youngest player who played in that position as standard in the last season of the First League of Serbia. With his phenomenal performances, Pivaš helped his teammates win a historic place in the Super League of Serbia.

As he recently said, he would like to play in the highest level of competition in the Jedinstva jersey.

One thing is for sure, the dreams of this young, talented player are coming true faster than he expected.

Newcastle United announced the news about Pivaš, stressing that he is a promising player.

All the best, Pive!

We look forward to your new successes and can’t wait for everyone to see what we in Unity have known for a long time!’