Slavia started summer training with 28 players
16.6.2018, Redakce
The red & whites started their summer training before the start of 2018-19 season. There are 28 players in the squad including new faces and players returning from loan.
There are 28 names in the Slavia squad on the beginning of the summer camp with two new faces – goalkeeper Martin Vantruba and defender Vladimír Coufal – and two players returning from loan – Jasmin Ščuk and Marko Alvir. Vantruba signed for Slavia already during the winter break but finished the season in Slovak side Trnava where he celebrated the title.On the other hand 4 names will not continue in the red-white shirt: Danny and Ruslan Mingazov agreed to terminate their contracts, Tomáš Necid and Eduard Sobol return from loan to their clubs.
Several young players joined the team for its training camp in Austria:
Austrian winger Jonas Auer is coming from St. Pölten Academy. Member of Austrian U21 national team (10 games, 4 goals last season) has already played for Slavia during the winter break and scored one goal in a friendly game against Viktoria Žižkov.
Czech winger Tomáš Freit has been raised in Baník Ostrava and joined Slavia in 2017. During the last season Freit played for the Slavia U23 team scoring hattrick in the Prague Derby against Sparta.
Croatian striker Petar Musa joined Slavia from NK Zagreb last year. 20-year old player spent the last season on loan in Viktoria Žižkov (20 games, 5 goals).
Striker Jan Kuchta played for Viktoria Žižkov last season (12 games, 4 goals, 5 assists). Previously played on loan in Bohemians 1905.
Bosnian defensive midfielder Jasmin Ščuk returns from loan in 2nd-tier Turkish club Erzurum BB where he contributed to the promotion to the top league (33 games, 2 goals, 2 assists). Ščuk has already played 18 league games for Slavia in 2016-2017.
Marko Alvir spent a year in Slavia in 21016-17 but did not start in the Czech first league. Croatian midfielder returned to Slovenian club NK Domžale on loan last season and scored 5 goals in 21 games. Alvir is currently recovering from a knee-injury.
Slava travelled to Austria for a fitness training on Saturday morning. Members of Czech national team arrive on Sunday, Per-Egil Flo and Michael Ngadeu will join the team later due to personal reasons.
Slavia squad on the beginning of the summer training:
Goalkeepes: Kolář, Kovář, Vantruba
Defenders: Bořil, Coufal, Deli, Flo, Frydrych, Jugas, Kúdela, Ngadeu, Pokorný
Midfielders: Alvir, Auer, Freit, Hromada, Hušbauer, Souček, Stoch, Sýkora, Ščuk, Zmrhal
Forwards: Kuchta, Mešanovič, Musa, Škoda, Tecl, van Buren