Media: Star of Lech leaving the club. An unambiguous declaration

This is not how Joao Amaral imagined the beginning of the season. The footballer, who was an outstanding figure in the Ekstraklasa last season, is considered one of the biggest disappointments in this season. Just a few months ago, the Portuguese was the strength of the current Polish champions, but now he has a problem with joining Lech’s match squad. It turns out that the player himself thinks about changing the environment.

Joao Amaral wants to leave. “He drilled a hole for activists”

On Thursday, in the “” program of the “Meczyki.pl” portal, journalist Tomasz Włodarczyk announced that Joao Amaral wants to leave Lech Poznań. The Portuguese is said to be dissatisfied with his current position in the team. He cannot communicate with coach John van den Brom, who expects him to greater involvement in the defensive game.

“He had a loan offer in the winter transfer window and he wanted to take it. Even on Deadline Day, he drilled a hole in Lech activists that he would like to leave Poznań. In the end, a veto was placed here. From what I hear, however, there is a 90-99 percent chance that Amaral will leave Lech in the summer. There’s just no chemistry there. (…) He has not played in the last three matches of the Ekstraklasa and if he will play, it will be tails. Slowly in Poznań they know that a new club must be found for him – he said.

During the broadcast, Włodarczyk also raised the issue of Lech’s transfer policy. – The strategy of Lech Poznań is interesting, because it has different visions, which it sticks to very strongly. They didn’t want to let Amaral go on loan now, when the player was asking for it himself, because they didn’t want to set a precedent for other players to force a transfer. (…) For this reason he was blocked. To set an example for others, he said.

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Amaral has played a total of 26 matches in all competitions this season, scoring just four goals. After 19 rounds of the Ekstraklasa, Lech has scored 33 points and is ranked 3rd in the league table. The leader remains Raków (45 points), ahead of the second Legia (38 points).