Bah came to Slavia from January last year from SönderjyskE and in Eden the 24-year-old defender had a contract until the end of June 2025. He played 43 matches in the Czech top competition and scored four goals. Former Köge added another 21 games and three goals in the European Cups. He won the league and the domestic cup with Slavia, played the quarterfinals of the European League and this year also the European Conference League.
“I am proud of what we have achieved in Slavia. We have been successful in European competitions and undefeated during my first season. I am still disappointed that we did not win the trophy this year because we had the strongest team and we had to win something,” he said. Bah in an interview on the Slavic website.
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Benfica announce the third signing of the Roger Schmidt era: 24-year old Alexander Bah ???????? on a transfer from Slavia Prague ????????
With Bah, Benfica look to fill the right back role that’s been empty since Nelson Semedo left years ago.
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— American Benfiquista (@BenfiquistaUm) June 7, 2022
Benfica is historically the most successful Portuguese club, in the last season it took third place behind the championship FC Porto and the city rival Sporting and awaits the qualification of the Champions League. “I expect to win in every match like in Slavia. It’s been a few years since they won the title (2019), so I’d like to achieve that. And I want to play the Champions League, they made it to the quarterfinals this year and they usually competitions thrive, “said Bah.
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– SK Slavia Prague (@slaviaofficial) June 7, 2022
Bah should meet another Slavie player, Petar Musa, at the club. Last season, the Croatian striker visited Boavista Porto, which, according to the media, exercised a transfer option and sent him to the Lisbon team for five million euros.
The best scorer of the Czech league from the 2019/20 season, Musa, who scored 11 goals in the Portuguese league last year and became the team’s best scorer, has allegedly agreed on a five-year contract with the quarterfinalist of the Champions League.
According to the Swedish media, on the other hand, the arrival of striker Oscar Vilhelmsson from IFK Gothenburg is well on its way to Slavia. The tall left-hander is typologically compared to the Norwegian sniper Erling Haaland.