A surprising turnaround in the national team coach case. Back to square one!

What exactly are we talking about? About the beginning of speculations around the election of the president of the Polish Football Association. Cezary Kulesza listens to the figures that appear in the media, in the context of the new coach of the Poles. It may turn out that the head of the federation will ultimately return to the point from which the whole discussion actually began.
Jan Urban is the choice of Cezary Kulesza. Tough negotiations are underwayIt looks like Jan Urban will be the new coach of the Polish national team. A man who had to wait a while for his chance, but he seems to be the solution that the national team currently needs. First of all – a good craftsman, with a past as a representative – and additionally, not causing unnecessary conflicts. Where did the news about Urban come from? This time, “Prawda Futbolu”, i.e. Roman Kołtoń – convinces that this is the direction that president Kulesza has chosen.
– Now he is talking specifically with Jan Urban. Goals, contract, staff! 27th day without a coach, but probably one of the last […] Kulesza did not want Adam Nawałka in the winter of 2022. In the end, he only negotiated with the former coach because he had several other options. He chose Czesław Michniewicz, whose work brought the 2022 World Cup. Now the signal from Nawałka was “yes”, but he would be associated with “Zibi” Boniek […] Let's hope that Poland will go to the 2026 World Cup with Janek now. And start a new, better time! – said the experienced journalist during the next edition of “Prawda Futbolu”.
Let us recall that Kołtoń mentioned his conversation with Adam Nawałka a dozen or so hours earlier, as did Mateusz Skwierawski from WP/SportoweFakty . The former Polish coach was supposed to have shown readiness to act, having a plan for the end of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
It seems, however, that president Kulesza will not bet on Nawałka, and in fact, he will end up choosing the former coach of, among others, Górnik Zabrze. Or at least Urban is currently (as of Tuesday, July 8) the closest to the role of the new coach of the national team.
It is worth recalling that the Polish national football team has been without a coach since June 12. That was when Michał Probierz, who had held this position until then, officially decided to resign, contrary to his earlier assurances of his willingness to continue working with the Polish Football Association. However, during the June training camp of the team, so many bad things happened that it seemed like a road to nowhere.
The Poles started the 2026 World Cup qualifiers with two victories. However, these were very poor successes, exhausted victories over Lithuania (1:0) and Malta (2:0). As it turned out, in the third test, coach Probierz's team lost to the average Finland in Helsinki, greatly complicating their situation in the qualifying group.
The loss to the Finns (1:2) was not all that was bad that happened during the last training camp for the team led by the former coach.
First of all, coach Probierz decided to strip Robert Lewandowski of the captain's armband, informing the player about this fact... in a phone conversation. What's more, "Lewy" reacted strongly, resigning from playing in the national team until Probierz becomes its coach. This best shows the scale of the crisis in the national team.
On Sunday (i.e. July 6), the president of the Polish Football Association announced that he had already chosen a new coach for the most important team in the country. Additionally, a day later, the media (including Mateusz Borek from the Sport Channel and Tomasz Włodarczyk from Meczyki.pl) added that Cezary Kulesza had definitely chosen a coach from Poland.
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