{"id":601208,"date":"2021-09-02T20:11:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T00:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=601208"},"modified":"2021-09-02T20:11:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T00:11:18","slug":"besiktas-miralem-pjanic-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/02\/besiktas-miralem-pjanic-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Besiktas Sign Miralem Pjanic on Loan From Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miralem Pjanic has joined Besiktas on loan from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/01\/antoine-griezmann-new-laporta-era\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina international will spend the 2021\/22 season with the Turkish champions.<\/p>\n<p>Besiktas have agreed to pay the midfielder a salary of \u20ac2,750,000 during the loan.<\/p>\n<h2>Miralem Pjanic Secures Besiktas Loan<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don&#8217;t \ud835\ude4b\ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude49\ud835\ude44\ud835\ude3e,<\/p>\n<p>We have Miralem \ud835\ude4b\ud835\ude45\ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude49\ud835\ude44\ud835\ude3e!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcomePjanic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WelcomePjanic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uuHtlZPdtc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uuHtlZPdtc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Black Eagles (@BesiktasEnglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BesiktasEnglish\/status\/1433549773122924547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Miralem Pjanic&#8217;s 2020 Move to Barcelona<\/h3>\n<p>Before joining Barcelona in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/14\/pique-pay-cut-barcelona\/\" target=\"_self\">La Liga<\/a>, Pjanic spent around nine years in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/20\/serie-a-newcomers\/\" target=\"_self\">Serie A<\/a>, first with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/19\/roma-season-preview-2021-22\/\" target=\"_self\">Roma<\/a> and then <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/01\/juventus-transfer-window-grades\/\" target=\"_self\">Juventus<\/a>. Making over 100 appearances for his three clubs before Barcelona, Pjanic was a reliable option in midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Pjanic didn&#8217;t have the best of spells in La Liga, making just 19 appearances under Ronald Koeman.<\/p>\n<p>He did make 11 appearances across the cup competitions but it has been decided that he is not required at Barcelona for whatever reason. Pjanic failed to make a single goal contribution in his time with the Spanish giants.<\/p>\n<p>Their current struggles are <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/01\/barcelona-the-club-teaching-others-how-not-to-handle-transfer-business\/\" target=\"_self\">well-reported<\/a> and they lost <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/10\/lionel-messi-accepts-paris-saint-germain-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Lionel Messi on a free to PSG<\/a> earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Pjanic has made 101 appearances for Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina, including in a 1-1 draw with France in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday, September 1, 2021.<\/p>\n<h3>Champions League Football<\/h3>\n<p>In moving to the Turkish champions, Pjanic will continue to play <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/27\/ac-milan-champions-league-draw\/\" target=\"_self\">Champions League<\/a> football. He actually featured in all of Barcelona&#8217;s games in the competition last season. A player with plenty of experience, Pjanic will level up the Besiktas midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Besiktas have been handed a tough little European group. They clash with Portuguese champions <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/pablo-sarabia-sporting-on-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Sporting Lisbon<\/a>, German giants Borussia Dortmund and Eredivisie stalwarts Ajax.<\/p>\n<p>Besiktas&#8217; 2020\/21 Turkish title was decided by their head-to-head advantage over Galatasaray after both finished on 84 points.<\/p>\n<p>Attempting to defend their crown, they remain unbeaten this campaign after three games &#8211; two wins and a draw &#8211; sitting in third place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/01\/chelsea-transfer-window\/\" target=\"_self\">Chelsea<\/a> striker <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/16\/michy-batshuayi-besiktas-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Michy Batshuayi<\/a> also made the move to Besiktas on loan recently.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"SfLSIfkeSTJrwvsLru6IFA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1337949543\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'SfLSIfkeSTJrwvsLru6IFA',sig:'WBSN9NMiTo7kv05oivZcIGS4_mXJrCgzUQmADA2p_2A=',w:'594px',h:'377px',items:'1337949543',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miralem Pjanic has joined Besiktas on loan from Barcelona. The Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina international will spend the 2021\/22 season with the Turkish champions. Besiktas have agreed to pay the midfielder a salary of \u20ac2,750,000 during the loan. Miralem Pjanic Secures Besiktas Loan Don&#8217;t \ud835\ude4b\ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude49\ud835\ude44\ud835\ude3e, We have Miralem \ud835\ude4b\ud835\ude45\ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude49\ud835\ude44\ud835\ude3e!#WelcomePjanic pic.twitter.com\/uuHtlZPdtc \u2014 The Black Eagles (@BesiktasEnglish) September [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3469,"featured_media":601209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,1365],"tags":[7716,634,3860],"class_list":["post-601208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transfers","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-besiktas","tag-miralem-pjanic"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}