When Aleksander Buksa decided against extending his contract at Wisla Krakow, the Ekstraklasa outfit were never going to forgive, forget and throw the youngster straight back into their starting XI.
Put simply, why would you waste time and effort developing the talents of a youngster who is destined to depart in a matter of weeks? It is not as if Buksa could raise his market value with a fine run of form between now and the end of the season either.
The so-called ‘new Robert Lewandowski’ is due to become a free agent in the summer, after all.
“He will fulfill the contract until June and then he will leave,” said Tomasz Jazdzynski, chairman of the Wisla’s supervisory board, in quotes reported by Interia last month.
“Aleksander Buksa was summoned by the management board last Friday to fulfil the promise he made with his father and sign the contract in the version in which it was agreed last August.
“And he refused to sign. Therefore, no further talks with Aleksander Buksa will be conducted. Case is closed. He will complete his contract by June and then leave.”
Has the teenager played his final game in Wisla colours? It certainly seems like it.
Buksa, who could swap Wisla for Wolverhampton Wanderers if Sportowe Fakty are to be believed, featured in nine of a possible 14 Ekstraklasa games in the first half of the season.
But, after contract talks broke down, the striker has been conspicuous by his absence. He was left out of the matchday squad for each of Wisla’s last two fixtures.
According to Dziennik Polski, Wolves will have to pay a compensation fee of around £200,000 for Buksa.
Better than nothing. But, given that Wisla Krakow were demanding a cool £4 million not so long ago, there is understandable bitterness about how an unseemly situation has developed.
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