The former RPL star is breaking up in Europe. The best clubs are already fighting for Szymanski!

The former RPL star is breaking up in Europe. The best clubs are already fighting for Szymanski!

Anatoly Romanov November 26, 2023, 11:00 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.

The Pole has an even better rating this season than Icardi and Dzeko.

During the summer window, Dynamo made one of the most expensive exit transfers in their history. The Moscow club transferred Sebastian Szymanski to Fenerbahce for 9.75 million euros, according to Transfermarkt. Over the years, for large sums, the blue and white only sold Danny to Zenit (30 million euros), Alexander Kokorin to Anzhi (19 million euros) and Arsen Zakharyan to Real Sociedad (13 million euros). The Turks risked paying a significant amount of money for the attacking midfielder. And now they definitely have no regrets: the Pole is having a brilliant season and, meanwhile, the European tops are already beginning to fight for him!

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Szymanski signed a four-year contract with Fenerbahce. His salary in the Turkish club, according to unofficial information, amounted to 2.5 million euros per year. Last season, Sebastian was on loan at Feyenoord, scored 10+7 in 40 matches and helped the Rotterdam team win its second championship title in 24 years, but in the summer of 2023 the Dutch club failed to reach an agreement. with the Pole to renew the agreement. due to financial needs of the player and his agents.

But in the story of Szymanski’s transfer from Dynamo to Fenerbahce, the former sports director of the Moscow club Roman Oreshchuk highly praised the Pole’s behavior:

“In my opinion, it is a very good transfer. The way Seba acted towards the club is worthy of respect. He didn’t leave when everyone else was running, he stayed and helped Dynamo win bronze and reach the Russian Cup final. Secondly, he went out on loan and his contract was not suspended. Thirdly, he allowed the club to make money for itself” (in an interview for Match TV).

Overall, all participants in the deal benefited and Szymanski continued to delight Fenerbahçe fans and coach Ismail Kartal with his play. The former Dynamo player immediately established himself in the “yellow canaries” team, playing alongside stars such as Dominik Livakovic, Fred, Dusan Tadic and Edin Dzeko. The Istanbul team, which spent the decisive stage of preparation of the season in St. Petersburg at the international tournament, took on a dizzying pace from the first matches.

Fenerbahçe under Szymanski had the best start in Europe: 19 wins in a row in the Turkish championship and the Conference League! Everything was going well until November, but this month, amid injuries to a group of players, the team suddenly fell into a hole. First they lost at home to Trabzonspor (2-3) in the Super League, then they lost away to Ludogorets (0-2) in the conference league and then they tied as a visitor in the Championship with Adana Demirspor (0-0). The international break came at the perfect time for the “yellow canaries”. However, Fenerbahçe now leads both the Turkish Championship, with the same number of points as Galatasaray (31 each), and the Conference League.

Szymanski, in only 22 games for Fenerbahce, has practically repeated his scoring statistics from last season. The Pole has already scored nine goals and provided seven assists. At the same time, in the European Cup, the coach rotates the squad and the midfielder starts only as a substitute, while in the Super League Sebastián starts in all rounds.

Sebastian Szymanski at Fenerbahce

Photo: fenerbahçe.org

According to the statistics site Whoscored.com, Szymanski is currently the best player in the Turkish championship with 7.71 points. The former Dynamo player is even ahead of Dzeko (7.65) and Galatasaray striker Mauro Icardi (7.29). At the same time, Szymanski is good in a complex way: playing with and without the ball, and not according to a single indicator. He is the best in Fenerbahçe only in terms of statistics of tackles (34), in second place-in shots (30), hits (16), passes under attack (26), fouls committed on himself (17), in third place. place in number of martial arts won (54, with 53% success).

Szymanski is already being compared in Turkey to former Fenerbahce star, Brazilian Alex.

“Szymanski is a different type of player,” Kartal said when asked about the Pole and the Brazilian. – I asked the president of the club about this player from the beginning of the season. It was not easy for the President to achieve this and I am grateful for that. He compares Sebastian to Alex, but they are different. But I hope he continues in the same spirit.”

In Turkey they are already writing about the interest in Szymanski from Manchester United and Napoli. Perhaps Fenerbahçe will earn much more for the Pole than Dinamo paid for him.