Aldin Karabeg
Player Valuation: £225k
Hello guys, just want to say that I'm glad and proud to be a part of the family! I was welcomed by so many fans and people at Goodison Park and in Liverpool and I want to tell you all about it.
I already posted my experience on Reddit so I'll copy it here:
So here we are, hello there lads. This has been the greatest week of my life. I got to watch an Everton Premier League match, and most of the media reported about that, but oh boy, it wasn't just that. Here's everything that happened this week.
The album I shared in the title is from my Facebook. It's actually kind of lonely there so far, so you're completely free to add me and comment if you want.
The pictures are not exactly ordered chronologically in the album, but below you'll find the timeframe of everything that happened this week.
Sunday:
-First of all, Premier League Productions were the ones that made all of this happen, with co-operation by Everton. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them. All of this was done mainly for the Premier League World show.
-So Steve and cameraman Joel from the Premier League crew fly over from London to Zagreb, hire cars and book a motel in a town near mine called Prijedor, 30km away from Sanski Most.
-These guys were with me the whole time, they pretty much filmed everything I listed below.
-They gave me a call and said they'd be arriving tomorrow.
Monday:
-So they come over at my house at around 10, and start filming around my town. They filmed the local market, the bridge, the main street, the waterfall just outside the town, in what is an amazing promotion for my town. They came over for lunch and we had a chat at our local restaurant during the day. They also gave an interview for my local television and so did I, interestingly the first interview of my life. And by the end of the week I did like 10 more in English.
Tuesday:
-They were filming me around my house. You know, me typing on a keyboard, reading my local club's book, watching television, looking at articles from Reddit, Mirror, Everton's website, etc.
-They shot the house from the outside
-I did an episode of Fanzone via Skype on Steve's phone from my house. That's the first out of three in total.
-I did an interview for Premier League World in my house. I have a lot of faith in the editing team.
-They filmed me playing football with two of my buddies. That was really neat.
-Also filmed me leaving the house with my suitcase as if I'm going to the station. (Yay I did acting)
Wednesday:
-So the trip was from Sanski Most to Zagreb by hire car, from Zagreb by London by airplane (my first flight ever!), and then from London to Liverpool by hire car.
-I got to see whole Europe from air on a sunny day! It's like Google Maps, hahah. I got to see the outline of the UK from the English channel.
-I got to see London from air, crystal clear! I saw so many stadiums, including Stamford Bridge. I recorded a 13 minute video of it and a still from the video is included in the album.
-I spent a couple of hours in London. Heathrow Airport is majestic.
-They took me to the Premier League Studios in London, I got to see the building where everything produced and filmed for the Premier League takes place.
-We arrived in Liverpool late at night. I got a hotel room at Albert Docks, and the view was amazing! Basically the point where the river Mersey merges into the Irish Sea.
-Liverpool people are so nice! You accidentally bump into them, and they are the ones who say sorry, hahah.
Thursday:
-Arrived at Finch Farm the next day. Met Everton's PR manager Mo Magazachi.
-Got to do a meet and greet with Mo Bešić, handed me his signed jersey and we talked a little about football and Bosnia. He's living in Manchester currently.
-I gave an interview for a radio station, found it on Audioboom later.
-I got to watch a press conference by the one and only, Ronald Koeman! The room was pretty small so it really had a VIP atmosphere.
-Watched Everton players exit the building, got a picture with Arouna Kone (currently on Steve's phone)
-We headed towards Goodison Park
-Went to the Everton One store (there's a picture in the album of all the Everton memorabilia I collected!)
-Got a goalkeeper jersey with my own name on it
-Did another Fanzone via Skype at Goodison Park as a guest, I was talking with Phil Neville! (Interestingly enough I didn't see him, I could only see myself via Skype.)
-Did some Liverpool sightseeing to end the day
Friday:
-In the morning we got to sightsee all of Liverpool's landmarks related to the Beatles. Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, John Lennon's house, Paul McCartney's house, Cavern Club, you name it. The Beatles Story was just around the corner of my hotel, by the way.
-Filmed me walking around everywhere in Liverpool
-Near Penny Lane we met some really nice people from a Beatles souvenir shop who recognized me from the newspapers the day before! I appeared in the printed edition of Daily Mirror and Liverpool Echo, and also on Everton's website. We had some good banter and they gave me a Beatles mug as a present. Shoutout to them.
-People all around Liverpool recognized me from the papers and I got to take some pictures with them! I already miss them. That's just the Everton fans though, of course, Liverpool fans weren't that thrilled to see me, hahah.
-Went to Goodison Park pre-match.
-At the reception I did an interview for the newspapers, and did another Fanzone.
-Met Tracy from Everton, the one who sent me the e-mail! PLW wanted to film her and act like she was the one that convinced me, and you know, I played along with it because she is just such a lovely woman!
-Saw everything inside Goodison Park. The trophy room, the media room, the press conference room, etc.
-I did an interview for Everton TV and Premier League World before the match. I think the former was really great.
-I got to meet the WBC Cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew (who also appeared in Creed) and posed with the title! He also told me why he's an Everton fan, it's the people's club and he's attended Everton games since he was a kid. I also took pictures with some former Everton players before the match.
-Do you know David France, guys? He's a multi-millionaire and an Everton superfan who travelled 2 million miles in
60 seasons to see the club. I got a signed book from him, with words „Welcome to the family“ written inside. Really nice man.
-The American Everton fans were the coolest thing, some of them are in charge of ToffeeWeb and we had some banter, they gave me the Everton USA scarf and welcomed me to the family. Shoutout to them as well. (Any of you here?)
-I saw Bešić before the match as well, we talked a little.
-I talked with Scott McLeod, the Head of Engagement at Everton, they filmed it.
-You'll see where I sat in the album. Pretty close to the goal. The atmosphere was amazing.
-Basically the top right corner of the screen when looking at the TV, maybe I got to be on camera for a moment or two
-40 thousand people cheering and chanting. You can't describe the atmosphere, you just have to experience it.
-Lukaku's goal, what a beauty! I even got it on camera. The whole stadium going apeshit. Just wow.
-Did another interview for Premier League World after the match, that's the one I was satisfied with the most.
-Took a picture with Lukaku after the game, and I told him my story. Not sure if he knew about it, but now he definitely knows.
Saturday:
-Went back to London, then Zagreb, then Sanski Most. Bye bye Liverpool.
-They said that now that I'm famous in Liverpool I might be back there. I mean wow I really hope so, I really love the people there and I enjoyed all the banter with them.
So yeah guys, so many things have happened to me, and I'm not sure if I even mentioned everything that has happened! I might come back to it later. I welcome any media that wants to use the pictures or the story above since me just going to the Everton match and meeting Bešić is not even the whole story that happened this week.
I already posted my experience on Reddit so I'll copy it here:
So here we are, hello there lads. This has been the greatest week of my life. I got to watch an Everton Premier League match, and most of the media reported about that, but oh boy, it wasn't just that. Here's everything that happened this week.
The album I shared in the title is from my Facebook. It's actually kind of lonely there so far, so you're completely free to add me and comment if you want.
The pictures are not exactly ordered chronologically in the album, but below you'll find the timeframe of everything that happened this week.
Sunday:
-First of all, Premier League Productions were the ones that made all of this happen, with co-operation by Everton. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them. All of this was done mainly for the Premier League World show.
-So Steve and cameraman Joel from the Premier League crew fly over from London to Zagreb, hire cars and book a motel in a town near mine called Prijedor, 30km away from Sanski Most.
-These guys were with me the whole time, they pretty much filmed everything I listed below.
-They gave me a call and said they'd be arriving tomorrow.
Monday:
-So they come over at my house at around 10, and start filming around my town. They filmed the local market, the bridge, the main street, the waterfall just outside the town, in what is an amazing promotion for my town. They came over for lunch and we had a chat at our local restaurant during the day. They also gave an interview for my local television and so did I, interestingly the first interview of my life. And by the end of the week I did like 10 more in English.
Tuesday:
-They were filming me around my house. You know, me typing on a keyboard, reading my local club's book, watching television, looking at articles from Reddit, Mirror, Everton's website, etc.
-They shot the house from the outside
-I did an episode of Fanzone via Skype on Steve's phone from my house. That's the first out of three in total.
-I did an interview for Premier League World in my house. I have a lot of faith in the editing team.
-They filmed me playing football with two of my buddies. That was really neat.
-Also filmed me leaving the house with my suitcase as if I'm going to the station. (Yay I did acting)
Wednesday:
-So the trip was from Sanski Most to Zagreb by hire car, from Zagreb by London by airplane (my first flight ever!), and then from London to Liverpool by hire car.
-I got to see whole Europe from air on a sunny day! It's like Google Maps, hahah. I got to see the outline of the UK from the English channel.
-I got to see London from air, crystal clear! I saw so many stadiums, including Stamford Bridge. I recorded a 13 minute video of it and a still from the video is included in the album.
-I spent a couple of hours in London. Heathrow Airport is majestic.
-They took me to the Premier League Studios in London, I got to see the building where everything produced and filmed for the Premier League takes place.
-We arrived in Liverpool late at night. I got a hotel room at Albert Docks, and the view was amazing! Basically the point where the river Mersey merges into the Irish Sea.
-Liverpool people are so nice! You accidentally bump into them, and they are the ones who say sorry, hahah.
Thursday:
-Arrived at Finch Farm the next day. Met Everton's PR manager Mo Magazachi.
-Got to do a meet and greet with Mo Bešić, handed me his signed jersey and we talked a little about football and Bosnia. He's living in Manchester currently.
-I gave an interview for a radio station, found it on Audioboom later.
-I got to watch a press conference by the one and only, Ronald Koeman! The room was pretty small so it really had a VIP atmosphere.
-Watched Everton players exit the building, got a picture with Arouna Kone (currently on Steve's phone)
-We headed towards Goodison Park
-Went to the Everton One store (there's a picture in the album of all the Everton memorabilia I collected!)
-Got a goalkeeper jersey with my own name on it
-Did another Fanzone via Skype at Goodison Park as a guest, I was talking with Phil Neville! (Interestingly enough I didn't see him, I could only see myself via Skype.)
-Did some Liverpool sightseeing to end the day
Friday:
-In the morning we got to sightsee all of Liverpool's landmarks related to the Beatles. Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, John Lennon's house, Paul McCartney's house, Cavern Club, you name it. The Beatles Story was just around the corner of my hotel, by the way.
-Filmed me walking around everywhere in Liverpool
-Near Penny Lane we met some really nice people from a Beatles souvenir shop who recognized me from the newspapers the day before! I appeared in the printed edition of Daily Mirror and Liverpool Echo, and also on Everton's website. We had some good banter and they gave me a Beatles mug as a present. Shoutout to them.
-People all around Liverpool recognized me from the papers and I got to take some pictures with them! I already miss them. That's just the Everton fans though, of course, Liverpool fans weren't that thrilled to see me, hahah.
-Went to Goodison Park pre-match.
-At the reception I did an interview for the newspapers, and did another Fanzone.
-Met Tracy from Everton, the one who sent me the e-mail! PLW wanted to film her and act like she was the one that convinced me, and you know, I played along with it because she is just such a lovely woman!
-Saw everything inside Goodison Park. The trophy room, the media room, the press conference room, etc.
-I did an interview for Everton TV and Premier League World before the match. I think the former was really great.
-I got to meet the WBC Cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew (who also appeared in Creed) and posed with the title! He also told me why he's an Everton fan, it's the people's club and he's attended Everton games since he was a kid. I also took pictures with some former Everton players before the match.
-Do you know David France, guys? He's a multi-millionaire and an Everton superfan who travelled 2 million miles in
60 seasons to see the club. I got a signed book from him, with words „Welcome to the family“ written inside. Really nice man.
-The American Everton fans were the coolest thing, some of them are in charge of ToffeeWeb and we had some banter, they gave me the Everton USA scarf and welcomed me to the family. Shoutout to them as well. (Any of you here?)
-I saw Bešić before the match as well, we talked a little.
-I talked with Scott McLeod, the Head of Engagement at Everton, they filmed it.
-You'll see where I sat in the album. Pretty close to the goal. The atmosphere was amazing.
-Basically the top right corner of the screen when looking at the TV, maybe I got to be on camera for a moment or two
-40 thousand people cheering and chanting. You can't describe the atmosphere, you just have to experience it.
-Lukaku's goal, what a beauty! I even got it on camera. The whole stadium going apeshit. Just wow.
-Did another interview for Premier League World after the match, that's the one I was satisfied with the most.
-Took a picture with Lukaku after the game, and I told him my story. Not sure if he knew about it, but now he definitely knows.
Saturday:
-Went back to London, then Zagreb, then Sanski Most. Bye bye Liverpool.
-They said that now that I'm famous in Liverpool I might be back there. I mean wow I really hope so, I really love the people there and I enjoyed all the banter with them.
So yeah guys, so many things have happened to me, and I'm not sure if I even mentioned everything that has happened! I might come back to it later. I welcome any media that wants to use the pictures or the story above since me just going to the Everton match and meeting Bešić is not even the whole story that happened this week.
