Dual-Nationality Soccer Star: The Aleksandar Pavlovic Dilemma

The German team has its own ‘Brahim case’. Aleksandar Pavlovic (2004, Munich) was born in German lands, but his parents are Serbian, so he has dual German-Serbian nationality. The 19-year-old Bayern center is wanted by the Balkan team in order to join the senior team.

The player has only been international on two occasions with the German U-20 team, but Serbia insists on calling him up in order to be one of the team’s future pillars. Pavlovic, one of the few joys of Tuchel’s Bayern this season, is dazzling at the Allianz Arena. Some performances that have caught the attention of coach Dragan Stojković to call him up for the friendlies in Serbia this March break.

The Balkan team has met with the player in Munich to find out his position, although at the moment Pavlovic has not decided. He wants time. This was officially confirmed by Serbia: “The delegation of the Serbian Football Federation, led by technical director, Stevan Stojanović, was in Munich last weekend. The reason was a meeting with Bayern Munich first team member Aleksandar Pavlović and his parents. It is very important to highlight that we have been in contact with Pavlović, that is, his parents, for several months. We spoke intensely and, when the commitments of both parties allowed it, it was agreed to meet in Munich. First of all, I would like to thank Alexander and his parents for their understanding and time. The conversation was mutually constructive and direct. They admitted the best intention of coach Dragan Stojković and those responsible for the functioning of the Serbian team that Aleksandar be linked to the national team of our country. And there is no doubt that we will see him there and the plan was to invite him now in March. As we were told, Aleksandar does not want to make a decision at the moment, that is, until the end of the Euro in Germany. We absolutely understand and understand this approach. We will continue to follow it, we will be in contact and we will see what the epilogue will be. We wish Aleksandar a lot of success in the rest of the season, hoping that from autumn he will wear the Serbia jersey.”

Pavlovic has called on Serbia to make a decision after the Euro. Now the Bavarian pivot puts pressure on the German federation, which will have to present a future plan in the coming months, since Pavlovic does not permanently close the door to Serbia. There will be tug of war between Serbia and Germany.

2024-03-05 15:13:06
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