Marek Kvapil surprisingly ends up in Sparta.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
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“Striker Marek Kvapil will not continue in Sparta this season. The 35-year-old forward played four matches for our club last season. No one from the HC Sparta Praha club will currently comment further on this matter, “said only Praguers.
According to a source in Sport.cz, Kvapil’s end is due to the fact that the 2010 world champion was the only player in the team who refused to accept a 20% reduction in basic salary.
???? | Striker Marek Kvapil will not continue in Sparta this season. The 35-year-old forward played four matches for our club last season. No one from the HC Sparta Praha club will comment on this matter at this time. pic.twitter.com/Qq06GAsmE4
– HC Sparta Praha (@HCSpartaPraha) September 17, 2020
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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the vast majority of players in the domestic top hockey competition had to go down with their salaries.
In the afternoon, Sparta also confirmed that all hockey players in the current staff agreed to a salary reduction of twenty percent to help the club. The phrase “current staff” is important. Kvapila no longer counts.
“I’m very glad we agreed with the boys. They showed that they care about the future of the club and that they are administrative Spartans, “said general manager Barbora Snopková Haberová.
From left, Marek Kvapil from Sparta, Ronald Knot from Liberec and Radek Jeřábek from Sparta during the summer cup match.
Vít Šimánek, ČTK
The Spartans first agreed to a short-term reduction in salaries during the first wave of the pandemic, now there has been a 20% reduction for the time needed to reduce the capacity of the O2 arena in Libeň. “Many thanks to all players for this decision. It turned out that in our cabin there are perfectly equipped players, “said sports director Petr Ton.
In any case, it is a big inconvenience for Sparta shortly before the start of the extra league. After all, her coaches Hořava and Jandač counted on a native of the Slovak Ilava, who, however, represented the Czech Republic, on the wing of the elite offensive formation with Michal Řepík and Roman Horák.
Kvapil’s account in Sparta, which he headed for from Liberec last season, counts only four extra-league matches and three assists. Last September, in the first round of the highest competition (coincidentally, as this year against Pilsen), he tore his pectoral muscle and had to undergo surgery.
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Marek Kvapil.
Jan Benes / HC Sparta Prague
The length of his absence lasted due to the subsequent leg injury until the end of February, then he played three matches for Sparta at the end of the basic part, and then came the premature end of the season due to coronavirus.
Now comes Kvapil’s end in Sparta, even though he still had a valid contract with her for two years. Where will the next steps of the striker, who has an extra-league title with the 2017 Comet in his collection and won the Gagarin Cup with Dynamo Moskva in 2012 and 2013 in his collection?
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