Danilo Pantic hits back: "Maybe in Vitesse they don’t like us Serbs!"

Mar 3, 2016
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Last week, we reported the news that Danilo Pantic wanted to leave Vitesse Arnhem due to lack of games. This week, the young Serbian has spoken to Serbian paper Blic about his life on loan from Chelsea at Vitesse.

"I started questioning I might not be good enough. I want to get back to Chelsea, just to train. Why am I in Vitesse if I am not good enough? I am crazy! I've made no mistakes. If I had a chance and blew it, I would keep quiet."

The Serbian then hit back at Vitesse, "Maybe in Vitesse they don’t like us Serbs: Nemanja Matic did not get a chance here either and Uros Djurdjevic played 22 matches in a year and a half."

"They told me last winter that are counting on me, and the advantage of getting the players to no avail. Instead kalim, I kept on the bench, which means that something is wrong. There are five of us here at Vitesse from Chelsea and none of us are playing, that means something is wrong. For the first time I am saying: ‘I shouldn’t have left Partizan for Chelsea’. But not yet!"

Remembering his previous, FK Partizan, Danilo had to say this;

"When I remember everything, I want to cry, but I can not turn back time. The heart has wanted to go, now maybe I should not go. It was a very difficult period, friends and family never ask me about it, I always skipped the subject and the first time I'm talking about. It hurts me what they are told many lies that do not respect Partizan, and eight years ago I was captain of the junior categories, there I learned everything and I will certainly be back again. People from the club can not say that respect it more than me."

Speaking about Chelsea's newish loan department; "When I talked to people from Chelsea, they showed me the correct pass, miles run per game. They knew where I literally went out and what I ate - reveals Pantic.

Who knows what will happen to Danilo. He might indeed return to Chelsea, as Vitesse no longer want a player who has requested to leave. Could Hiddink include the Serbian in his 1st team squad? With the departure of Ramires in January, Chelsea's midfield has looked short of options. Maybe this could be the chance Pantic needs... we shall see.