He spent less than four years in the Letna A-team. He scored 132 competitive matches, 40 goals and 32 assists.
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“The youngest league scorer, the youngest hat trick, the youngest king of league scorers, the youngest player with 100 league starts and we could continue. Adam Hložek’s work in Sparta is interwoven with records that will remain in our club’s history. challenge – to the Bundesliga Bayer Leverkusen, “confirms Sparta.
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“Adam Hložek is a player who can be a big goal threat to his opponents either as a point forward or from the wing,” said Simon Rolfes, Bayer’s sports director. “Its versatility, strength and, above all, ending strength will give our offensive play more options for variation,” he delights.
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Signed! Sports director Simon Rolfes welcomes Adam Hložek in Leverkusen.Photo: bayer04.de
“The fact that I signed a contract with one of the best clubs in the Bundesliga is a great thing for me,” Hložek emphasizes.
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“I’ve been watching Leverkusen closely in recent weeks. The team plays beautiful football. The fact that I became a part of it fills me with great hopes and expectations, “he is looking forward to his first foreign engagement.
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Adam Hložek in Leverkusen jersey.Photo: bayer04.de
The transfer amount was not disclosed, the behind-the-scenes reports vary. According to one, Sparta will collect 16 million euros (almost 400 million crowns) with unspecified bonuses. The second talks about 13 million euros as a basis and another 5 as a bonus (18 million euros is approximately 450 million crowns). It should be the case that in the event of another Hložek transfer, Praguers would receive 30 percent of the difference in transfer amounts.
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According to some German media, Leverkusen will even pay up to 22 million euros (about 543 million crowns). In that case, Hložek’s transfer would surpass the current record from the Czech league of national team captain Tomáš Souček, who transferred from Slavia to West Ham last year for 521 million crowns.
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A puzzle awaits Sparta on how to replace its leader. “Such is football life. The coach was sorry, but Adam needs to move on to continue his career. Adam was clearly the best player in the league and it will not be possible to replace him. Only by team performance. There will be space in the team who has to take chances, take the place and continue to grow, “reflects sports director Tomáš Rosický.
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“Everyone sees Adam’s qualities. But that’s the way football is. If the players do well, they move on. I hope we can find a replacement inside or out. It’s also part of my football philosophy. I like to keep forwarding the players who took the club. Of course, the coach always wants to work with the best. I know that there are a lot of good and young guys in this staff, “says Brian Priske, the new Danish coach of Sparta.
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Hložek wore a twenty on a red Spartan jersey, and took a picture with the number 23 in Leverkusen.
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