Olic Signs For CSKA Moscow [Olic on Trial]

[Medo]

I just spoke to my brother, who is in Croatia at the moment, and he mentioned Ivica Olic is supposed to be on trial at Charlton. A lot of the papers have been reporting so. This is what planetfoootball says:

Adthingys eye Olic

CHARLTON ATHLETIC have handed a trial to Croatian striker Ivica Olic. The 23-year-old is very highly rated and is a regular in the Croatian national side. La Liga giants Real Sociedad have been showing an interest, but now Olic has turned up in England and is keen on sealing a move to The Premiership.

Bolton and Soupton have been linked with an interest in the past, but now Charlton have moved to land Olic. The striker played last season with Dinamo Zagreb, after spending the previous year at NK Zagreb.

Olic is still contracted to his hometown club of Marsonia Slavonski Brod, where he began his career - but they are not in the Croatian First Division and will allow the player to move because of this.

Olic has tried his hand in one of Europe's major leagues before when he moved to Hertha Berlin in 1998, but he only lasted two years and moved back to Marsonia - where he stayed for another two seasons before their relegation in 2001.

It would be nice to see Olic play in England. We'll have to wait and see.

[Branko2]

How much will Olic cost Charlton?

[Medo]

Don't know but if he was to go I would imagine Charlton would pay no more than £2.5m.

Saying that Olic played in the supercup match yesterday so I have no idea as to what is going on.

[BL]

Someone told me that Olic might go to a Moscow (Russia) club.

[Medo]

Last year there was a lot of speculation about Olic moving abroad which dragged on for the whole summer.
At the time he was linked with dozens of clubs and it seems the same is happening again.

In the last year he has been linked with Bolton, Charlton, Dinamo Kiev, Roma and Juventus. Moving to England might be a problem because he will require a work permit which is based upon the number of internationals a player has played in the last 2 years (75% is the minimum).

But he has been registered by Dinamo to play in the Champions Leagues Qualifiers so he is likely to still be around. However, Dinamo have signed another new striker so who knows what will happen.

[Dinko]

Olic has signed for Moscow team CSKA for 5 million euros!

[Medo]

Yeah it has been confirmed. Olic has signed for CSKA Moskva (Moscow). As Dinko said earlier he has been signed for 5m Euros. All I can add is he is contracted to CSKA for 4 years and becomes the most expensive player bought in the history of Russian Football.