Urban: I will stay in Legia Warszawa
Wednesday, 21 May 08, 02:02 AM
If Osasuna sack Jose Angel Ziganda, Jan Urban will be one of the candidates to be his successor.
- I have a three-year contract with Legia. Only this matters - says the coach of the Warsaw team
-The agreement between Legia and coach Urbanem will not be cancelled. Both sides would need to want that. We are pleased with his work and do not assume a change of the coach - adds the president of Legia Leszek Miklas. - We know that Urban has a great sentiment for a club from Pampeluna, because he spent many years there. But if he wishes to depart from Legia and Legia does not want to let him go, he would have to pay a compensation. Also Warsaw club would have to pay him compensation if he'd been sacked by the year 2011. Spanish journalists believe that Urban will get an offer from Osasuna in case of Ziganda's dismissal. A word "candidate" in this case is very capacious. This does not mean that the one, who may be of interest to a club, is actually interested.
Urban was Osasuna player, then he was the coach of youth teams (with one of them he won the Championship of Spain), then managed a team of reserves. He is regarded as the best foreign player in the whole history of the club. Before the start of last season, he hoped that he would coach the first team. Although he is very appreciated there, he got no chance. They had selected Ziganda. Urban tried to find a club in Poland. Firstly he treated with Wisła Kraków, finally he came to Legia. From Osasuna he brought an assistant - José Antonio Vicuna and - on a loan - a defender Inaki Astiz. The defender after a very successful season in Legia is likely to return to Spain. Urban is on a leave, and then he goes to Polish national team preparation camp, where he is to be one of the helpers for Leo Beenhakker before and during the Euro.
- If you talk about me in the context of Osasuna, it is very nice. But I am used to the situations, that the newspaper writes about different things. Roger retires from Legia... We buy this or that player... I haven't got any offers yet and I am not going to think about what would be if I had got one. I am very satisfied with the work with Legia, I am still here for a three-year contract. And Ziganda has kept Osasuna in Primera Division. Let's wait and see, whether he's going to be sacked at all - he says. The situation in the Spanish club is to be clarified by the end of the week.
Urban made his debut in Poland as a coach in the league and immediately with success. Legia under his leadership took second place in Orange Ekstraklasa, won the Polish Cup and played in the Orange Ekstraklasa Cup finals. He got a lot of new young players for Legia. More than ever before in the history of the club.
- We had a very successful season, but now we have to do next step forward. I don't believe that such a club as Legia again fails to make any transfers. And not only such transfers that would allow us to replenish the squad, but also transfers that would make us stronger - Urban believes.
- We will do whatever we can to help our coach in his work. In the next season he will work with us. No negotiations are conducted with Osasuna about this - President Miklas says. - Coach Urban has still a lot to prove together with Legia.
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Transfer hits of Polish Premier League
Monday, 19 May 08, 03:10 PM
Several leading players of Orange Ekstraklasa end their contracts in June, others do not want to play longer in their teams, hoping for more money elsewhere, yet others wish to leave because
their clubs have been degraded for taking part in corruption big stink and will start a new season a division or even two lower.
Activists of which clubs will therefore be the most determined, which will be able to afford bringing together league players of the greatest value? Below there are listed a few players certainly worth a try. Moreover, all these players have been targeted not only the strongest Polish clubs, but they're under the watchful eye of the Western managers. Two of them have a chance to go to EURO 2008, which can make them even more expensive in summer.
ADRIAN SIKORA - He will play, wherever he'll be guaranteed half a million EUR p.a.
Zbigniew Drzymała offered him 400 thousand EUR for playing in Śląsk Wrocław. Player would have agreed long time ago to extend the contract, if the amount was guaranteed. Groclin, however, wants Sikora to receive high entry fee, and the player fears that after some time he may lose place in the team.
ŁUKASZ GARGUŁA - Price: 600 thousand EUR
He's not desperate to go abroad, so in summer a real struggle for him will begin. The player makes no secret that he has enough of performances in Belchatow for quite a long time . And no wonder, since he has played there for 6 years already. Nobody puts sluice-gate price for him (2 million), so Legia Warszawa and Wisla Krakow will compete for him.
Activists of which clubs will therefore be the most determined, which will be able to afford bringing together league players of the greatest value? Below there are listed a few players certainly worth a try. Moreover, all these players have been targeted not only the strongest Polish clubs, but they're under the watchful eye of the Western managers. Two of them have a chance to go to EURO 2008, which can make them even more expensive in summer.
ADRIAN SIKORA - He will play, wherever he'll be guaranteed half a million EUR p.a.
Zbigniew Drzymała offered him 400 thousand EUR for playing in Śląsk Wrocław. Player would have agreed long time ago to extend the contract, if the amount was guaranteed. Groclin, however, wants Sikora to receive high entry fee, and the player fears that after some time he may lose place in the team.
ŁUKASZ GARGUŁA - Price: 600 thousand EUR
He's not desperate to go abroad, so in summer a real struggle for him will begin. The player makes no secret that he has enough of performances in Belchatow for quite a long time . And no wonder, since he has played there for 6 years already. Nobody puts sluice-gate price for him (2 million), so Legia Warszawa and Wisla Krakow will compete for him.
RADOSŁAW MAJEWSKI - No pressure
Managers of West Bromwich Albion are very interested in this 21-year-old footballer. The English are allegedly willing to spend on him 2.5 million EUR. Such an offer is too high for any Polish
club, and Zbigniew Drzymała announced that he's not going to sell Majewski for less money.
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