First was the new sports director of Mindaugas Nikolicius, then coach Żeljko Sopić, and all this supported by the official ending of the club's acquisition by the owner of Panattoni Robert Dobrzycki. The new era in Widzew Łódź is becoming a fact and although the main positions have already been made in the main positions, this is not the end of orders in the club in Łódź.
New cleaning in Widzew Łódź is underway. Nikolicius has new colleagues
On Monday evening Widzew He announced contracting two new members of the club's sports division. Croatian Ivan Cerina became the new director of recruitment, and Piotr Kasprzak, and the coordinator of scouting.
36-year-old Cerina, who associated with the Łódź club with a two-year contract, was a collaborator of Nikolicius in Hajduk Split, with whom he ended his cooperation for Widzewa. He served as the head of scouting there.
– The presence of Igor in the club will allow us to increase efficiency in transfer negotiations. I believe that his international experience will be extremely helpful in talking in looking for new players and establishing relationships with potential competitors. Ultimately, we want to increase the role of scouts and expand their tasks – said Widzewa's official website Mindaugas Nikolicius.
The 2.5-year contract with Widzew Łódź was also signed by a new scouting coordinator Piotr Kasprzak, who has experience from working as a scout in such clubs as Southampton or Glasgow Rangers.
– I started as a scout-voluntary in Norwich City, then I took the function of European Scout in Southampton FC, where I spent six seasons in the Premier League. Later I joined Rangers FC, working for over three years in the management team of the recruitment department. At that time, we won the Scottish championship, the Scottish Cup and we reached the final Europa League Kasprzak said.
On Wednesday, April 2 at 11:00 there is to be a press conference on the takeover of the club by Robert Dobrzycki. Two days later at 20:30, players of the Łódź club will take up at Piłsudski Lech ± Gdañsk. Widzew currently occupies the twelfth place in the Ekstraklasa table with 33 points and a ten -point advantage over the relegation zone.