In Poland, there is a fierce discussion about the new coach of the Polish national football team. First of all, it is between supporters of the foreign option and the Polish option. “The discussion: the coach from Poland or from abroad is sterile. With our world-class footballers, the coach from the backward football province is lost at the start” – .
The great supporters of employing a Pole are e.g. former national team coaches – Antoni Piechniczek and Jerzy Engel. The latter recently indicated that Michał Probierz, the current coach of the U-21 team, could become the new coach. – No foreign coach will lead the team in such a way as to introduce young players to this team. Probierz has league experience, he is in PZPN, he is in place – . . This information sparked a wave of comments online. These were mainly voices of opposition to Probierz’s candidacy.
“The reluctance of former selectors to the potential foreign successor of Czesław Michniewicz begins to be unhealthy. The arguments of Jerzy Engel and Antoni Piechniczek about the need for a Polish coach are absurd. Not nationality but competence must be the main determinant” – he writes
Probierz’s strong words. He defended Polish coaches
Meanwhile, the youth team selector stays in Turkey and watches his representatives and candidates for the team there. And as he firmly stated in , he has no intention of discussing the issue of the new coach of the adult national team. However, during the conversation, he referred to the above-mentioned discussion.
– I am surprised that Poland is so criticized when it comes to training ideas. We’re getting stupid, I’ll say ugly. It’s sad because no one is watching, no one is training, no one is watching. We cannot make transfers for 500 million. It is significant for me that Jurgen Klopp’s article, which came to England, says that why nobody believes them in training, only in transfers. I read a lot of reviews like this. Reminding me that I have been a coach for 23 years and have already led children, but if someone is such an expert and can criticize anonymously, let him come, train and see – said Probierz.
A few months ago, Probierz announced that in his opinion, the Polish coach would have no problems running FC Barcelona. So why don’t Poles run western clubs? – Because we did not stay, like many abroad, and we do not live there. I say again: very often the images around Polish coaches are really embarrassing. I don’t think we deserve it. If someone goes to training and observes, we certainly do not differ in anything, and the fact that we cannot sign a high-quality footballer for millions, we have no influence on it – he said.
Source: Sport

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