Coach Jindřich Trpišovský believes that the players of the Prague Slavia will be strengthened by the defender Sheriff Sinyan during the summer break. The league champion has been aiming for a 24-year-old Gambian tracker from Molde, Norway, for several weeks now. On the other hand, the coach did not rule out that both African wingers Abdallah Sima and Peter Olayinka could leave the red and whites. That is why, according to him, the Slavists have hired Ubong Ekpai’s last summer reinforcement so far.
Nigerian Ekpai came to Eden as a free agent after his contract ended in Pilsen. Similarly, after the expiration of the contract in Sparta, the Slavists also acquired the Serbian winger Srdjan Plavšič. From Jablonec, the league champion hired Slovak striker Ivan Schranz.
“We’re in the mantinels we’re in, and we need a stopper. We hope it works out for Sheriff Sinyan and it fills us up. It’ll cost us some money. For the rest, we had to make free agents to fill the line.” told club television Trpišovský from a training camp in Aigen, Austria, where the team is preparing for the new season without representatives yet.
Plavšič’s departure from Sparta was accompanied by great emotions. “It was possible to get Srdjan. We probed the situation about eight months ago, when it looked like Lukáš Masopust was leaving and he was one of the typologically possible substitutes. Srdjan is well adapted to Czech conditions, he communicates well in Czech. In addition, he is a player capable “Both in both wing positions and ten, he enjoys one-on-one dribbling situations. There was no such typology in the staff last year. It has quality, performance and a certain x-factor that was not in the team last season.” remarked Trpišovský.
Twenty-five-year-old Ekpai had previously worked in Liberec under Trpišovský. “We know what’s in it. The injuries may be why he’s not where his performance should be. We’re registering interest in Peter Olayinka and Abdallah Sim, God forbid they can both leave, and we’ll just need wing players. If Ubong was somewhere under contract and we had to buy it, maybe we wouldn’t go in. But it was free and at the ideal age. We believe it will help us and will stay. If none of the wing players left, it is possible that we would send him to a guest for the game. practice with the fact that they will return to us later, “ said Trpišovský.
He expects that some of the support will probably leave Slavia. The chairman of the board of directors, Jaroslav Tvrdík, stated a few days ago in an interview for club television that the departure of Sima was very probable. According to him, the goalkeeper Ondřej Kolář will probably stay.
“It is possible that one or two more players will come, but it is also highly likely that someone will leave. There are some offers for players, we will also see what the Euro will do, either because of what the boys are performing or because of the domino effect. After the tournament “There will be transfers between the big clubs. We have to be prepared for all the alternatives. Even if there are three or more players leaving, which I hope will not happen.” added Trpišovský.
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