After winning the historic Polish championship with Jagiellonia Białystok, at the end of June Bartłomiej Wdowik decided to transfer to the Portuguese Sporting Bragawho decided to pay 1.5 million euros + bonuses for the one-time Polish international. Wdowik himself signed a four-year contract with his new employer.
However, Bartłomiej Wdowik's adventure may last much shorter. The Polish defender has managed to play only 18 minutes in the Europa League qualifiers against Hapoel Be'er Sheva so far, and apart from that, he has watched Braga's matches from the bench, and recently even from the stands, while Adrian Marin has been a regular left defender for the Portuguese team. What's more, on Friday Braga signed a contract with former Legia Warsaw left defender Yuri Ribeiro, which meant an even worse situation for the Polish champions against Jagiellonia.
Bartłomiej Wdowik is one step away from returning to Jagiellonia Białystok. This would be a masterpiece from the Polish champion
However, as we have learned, after just two months in Braga, Bartłomiej Wdowik will most likely return to Jagiellonia Białystok! Even before Braga brought in Ribeiro, Jagiellonia's sporting director Łukasz Masłowski was working on loaning the nearly 24-year-old defender back.
And there are many indications that he will succeed. After bringing in Yuri Ribeiro, Braga agreed to let the Pole go on loan, and Wdowik himself agreed to return to Białystok. However, Braga is still waiting for a specific transaction in the form of a loan to Jagiellonia. If everything goes according to plan, next week Bartłomiej Wdowik will once again be associated with Jagiellonia Białystok, this time on a one-year loan. In Białystok, Wdowik will compete for a place in composition with the Portuguese Joao Moutinho.
For Jagiellonia, the loan of Bartłomiej Wdowik will be the eighth summer transfer. The Polish champions were previously strengthened by goalkeeper Maksymilian Stryjek (Wycombe), right-back Tomas Silva (Vizela), wingers Filip Wolski (Lech Poznań), Darko Czurlinow (Burnley) and Miki Villar (Wisła Kraków), offensive midfielder Marcin Listkowski (Lecce), as well as attacker Lamine Diaby-Fadiga (Paris FC).
Importantly, the episode in Braga does not close the door for Wdowik to play for Jagiellonia in the league phase of the Europa Conference League. For the Białystok team themselves, acquiring Wdowik is beneficial because he is on the A list for European cups Jaga can only register one player raised outside Poland, and is still looking for a winger or central midfielder.
Bartłomiej Wdowik has represented Jagiellonia in the years 2020-24. In the meantime, the defender will play in the 2023/24 season Ekstraklasa He played 119 official matches for Jagiellonia, scoring 14 goals and providing 13 assists.