Fourteen matches, four goals, in the spring season on the premier league scene only once at home against Karviná in a shameful 0: 1 defeat. The merger of the Czech national team forward Michael Krmenčík and Slavia Prague failed. His payment from the services of the Belgian FC Bruges fell into the realm of fiction. What will happen to the recent goal treasure of Czech football?
Legally, it’s quite simple: he returns to Brugg, where he has a contract until June 2023. But it’s no secret that the Czech legionnaire at this address is not very happy. And even the holder of the Belgian title does not care much about him, he has not left a significant mark in his jersey since his arrival in January 2020 (15 league matches, three goals).
In the meantime, he still managed to guest in the Greek league in PAOK Thessaloniki (22 matches, four goals), but he did not attract much attention in the Balkans either. Although it is discussed that he could head to this destination again, but it is unlikely. “PAOK is looking for an attacker of his type, but I don’t think he would reach for Krmenčík again,” says player agent Ryan Kapagiannidis. Another club? “I do not rule out, but I do not believe,” Kapagiannidis remains skeptical of his stay in Greece. “This name does not appear here at all,” adds journalist Dimitris Samolis.
He shakes up that the Czech legionary could move a little further east, to Turkey. “The big clubs of Fenerbahce, Besiktas, Galatasaray and Trabzonspor, which would be able to pay him out of Brugg, will not take a player who barely kicked the balloon in the spring,” said Gökman Kore, a player agent with ties to the Czech environment.
Knowing how the football market can bend in an unexpected direction in a short time, he does not claim that this is absolutely impossible. “Now there is peace in Turkey, the reinforcements will start to fine-tune the clubs later,” he postpones the possible decision for the next weeks.
Krmenčík blossomed into a grand prize player in his native Pilsen. In 2018, the French club Girondins Bordeaux (he descended from the highest competition this year) was willing to spend up to 180 million crowns for him. Slavia also wanted him, her boss Jaroslav Tvrdík offered Pilsen 80 million, according to information. But director Adolf Šádek did not let him go.
Compensation is now hard to climb to such an amount, certainly not on the domestic market. Hosting is back in the game. However, personal ties could work, and the speculation that Krmenčík will move with coach Pavel Vrba to his new engagement in Baník Ostrava might not be completely odd. “Baník is not currently negotiating the arrival of Michael Krmenčík,” said Marek Lorenc, a spokesman for the North Moravian club.
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