After Antonín Barák, David Zim and Jan Kubal, another Czech is heading to the Italian top competition. Former Viktoria Plzeň or Brighton & Hove Albion will wear the jersey of the currently eighteenth table team from Venice.
Czech national team defender Aleš Matějů is heading to a new address. After the end of the contract in the Italian second league Brescia, he will work in Venice, for which he will play the highest competition there. A 25-year-old offspring of Příbram football signed a contract in the northern Italian capital by the end of the current year with option. Venezia will be helped by a rescue among the elite, as coach Paolo Zanetti’s charges are currently losing two points to non-downhill places.
The former player of the English Brighton & Hove Albion or Viktorie Plzeň also admitted that he also had offers from the Czech Republic. “But when I terminated the contract in Brescia, the priority was to stay abroad, “Sport.cz quoted him. “I’m happy to play Serie A again. It’s another challenge. I hope it will be more successful this time and we will be able to save it. I’m glad I was able to stay in Italy, and when it comes to Serie A, it’s even better. It is also positive in terms of language and adaptation”He says.
At the same time, the ten-time Czech national team member hopes that the higher game load will help him to establish himself more significantly in the national team jersey. He took part in the European Championship in the summer, but did not intervene in any of the matches. According to player agent Viktoria Kolář, whose company Sport Invest participated in the transfer, it is extra the transfer of the Czech player to the Italian top competition is also a success in terms of the current transfer market.
Aleš has built a good reputation in Italy, the agent knows
„We are very happy that we managed to catch up with the transfer of the Czech national team to Serie A. There are not many Czech footballers in the best European competitions, and it is becoming increasingly difficult in the current situation on the international football market. Aleš has built a very good reputation in Italy, engaging in Serie A was a clear priority for him“Sport.cz quotes him.
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However, Matějů will still have to wait for his debut in the Venice jersey. Before today’s match against Torino, he had a positive coronavirus test and headed for quarantine. “He has a positive coronavirus test, he has not come into direct contact with other team members. He is now in compliance with the medical protocol in isolation“Venice said on its website.
