The Ostrava Baník formally caught up with the arrival of another winter reinforcement. The first training unit in Bazaly is behind the Nigerian midfielder Ubong Ekpai, who is in Baník for a six-month hosting with an option.
This is the sixth Czech club in its career for the 26-year-old Ekpai. A native of the Nigerian city of Uyo, he found himself for the first time in the highest domestic competition in the summer of 2016, when he was a guest in Slovan Liberec. Then he spent a successful year in the colors of Zlín, for which he scored seven goals and took the leadership of the Pilsen Victoria. She bought it after the season, but in Štruncovy sady Ekpai was in trouble and twice went on a guest visit to Dynamo in České Budějovice.
This summer, after the end of the contract in Pilsen, he became a free agent and was joined by the Prague Slavia. He played twenty-two matches this year, including six starts in the basic group of the European Conference League. The cups are the goal for the fast-legged winger right now. “Baník has a good team and I would like him to qualify for the European Cups, “He said in an interview on the club’s website.
„I am happy to be in Baník, just as I was happy when I was in Slavia. Baník has great fans and I also like Ostrava as a city, ”He adds. “I’ve been here twice before in the trip to see. But when I started playing in the Czech Republic, Baník was a place where I wanted to play mainly because of those great fans, ”Adds the player who will wear the number fifty jersey in the autumn.
Baník has the best fans in the Czech Republic, he said
He chose an unusual number on his back for family reasons. “Because my mom will be fifty years old next week. It’s my gift to her, “He said. He is most looking forward to famous Ostrava fanswhich he has so far only experienced as a rival. “I remember you very well. Baník has great fans, the best in the Czech Republic. When they’re in the auditorium, you want to show them the best you can. Because you feel how much they love football, He concluded.
For Baník, this is the sixth reinforcement in this transfer window. Earlier, they arrived in Ostrava for a six-month guest visit with an option Belarusian representative Artyom Konsevoy of Ruch and Simon Falta of Victoria Pilsen. Twenty-four-year-old hiker Martin Chlumecký, who wore the Teplice jersey in the autumn, also joined the team.
After a short return to Prague’s Letná, the 24-year-old hiker David Lischka also became the main player of the Slezan family. Baník also acquired a 20-year-old stopper, Karel Pojezný, but he will be a guest in Pardubice in the autumn.
