Crvena zvezda players retuned to training on Monday, 11 June to start preparations for 2018/19 season.
Head Coach Vladan Milojević, along with Club President Svetozar Mijailović, Managing Director Zvezdan Terzić and Director of Football Mitar Mrkela met the players and wished everyone a successful campaign.
A total of 29 players reported for training today: Milan Borjan, Nemanja Supić, Aleksandar Stanković, Miloš Gordić, Filip Stojković, Vujadin Savić, Abraham Frimpong, Stefan Hajdin, Strahinja Eraković, Srđan Babić, Marko Gobeljić, Nenad Krstičić, Nemanja Milić, Branko Jovičić, Slavoljub Srnić, Dušan Jovančić, Dejan Meleg, Aleksandar Pešić, Dejan Joveljić, Mohammed Ben, Damjan Gojkov, Milan Pavkov, Andrija Luković, Filip Bainović, Zé Marcos, Veljko Nikolić, Aleksa Terzić, Stefan Cvetković and Vanja Vučićević.
Gaffer was happy with the general mood of the dressing room as players went through medical tests and their very first training session of the season.
"We've had enough time to rest. I'm pleased to be back on the training pitch. All the lads returned in acceptable condition which means that they hadn't relaxed too much. We leave to Zlatibor on Thursday. We will complete the majority of preparations. We will travel to Austria on 3 July for some more training and friendlies. This should see us ready for the start of Europan competition. Radonjić and Rodić are away with the national team, while Stojković, Milijaš and Ben have been given a few extra days off."
Two new players have also arrived to meet their new team-mates.
"Dušan Jovančić and Dejan Meleg have joined us and it's a pleasure to have them with us. Hopefully Nikola Stojiljković will be with us soon. There will be more transfers, that is for sure. I cannot talk names just yet, but everyone is working hard to improve the squad."
Milojević will again insist on hard work and maximum effort from everyone involved.
"The players know me well. They know what is asked of them. Last season is in the past and this is a new beginning. We've got a lot of work to do so it's good to see the players motivated and raring to go."