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Images via @OHLeuven, @Atalanta_BC, @Inter_en and @FCPorto on Twitter I trailed at the end of the last article I penned that there would likely be a few more written in quick succession about other topics. It hasn’t panned out quite like that, but what a weekend it’s been for Polish players scoring goals across Europe. When planning out this article I wasn’t sure whether to write chronologically or in order of importance, in the end I thought if we did the former it might mak

Image via Mikolaj Barbanell/Shutterstock Always a pleasure, never a chore: the Ekstraklasa returns today from the long winter break which whilst we’re well accustomed to, does leave us having to watch better quality football in the interim period.  I jest, but there is something fairly novel about having a season which starts earlier than many others in Europe, takes an extended break throughout winter, and then resumes in full force just as we do all start to wonder what the

Image via @FCPorto on Twitter In what will almost certainly be the most hyped transfer of a Polish player this winter window, Oskar Pietuszewski was officially announced as a Porto player yesterday afternoon.  A reported transfer fee of €8 million, potentially rising to €10 million, sets an Ekstraklasa record sale for Jagiellonia Białystok.  Personally I think this is a great move in developing Pietuszewski’s career, as it’s obviously a definite step up but not one which woul

Reflecting on 2025, looking ahead to 2026 It’s virtually a tradition at this point to pen an article at year’s end, and this year is no different.  This won’t be a long diatribe, because I think many of 2025’s events in Polish football have been well covered. It is of course still worth reflecting upon, and always having a positive look ahead to the coming 12 months.  Looking at the Polish national team, 2024 ended in rough shape and halfway through 2025 it practically implod