The coach of Trabzonspor, Şenol Güneş, has announced that he wants to transfer from Wisla Krakow two Polish internationals, Maciej Zurawski and Miroslaw Szymkowiak. After the end of first part of Turkish championship, Trabzonspor is ranked on third place, at a difference of six points of the leader, Fenerbahce, and at two of Galatasaray, and Şenol Güneş wants to solidify his team to try to win the championship.

For several days, the Spanishs from Levante Valencia have been in negotiations with the champion of Poland for the transfer of striker Zurawski, offering 400.000 euro for a loan till summer and then 1.500.000 euro for the final transfer. But it seams they failed, after Trabzonspor offered 3.000.000 euro for both players, Szymkowiak and Zurawski. Wisla asked for the internationals 4.000.000 euro, but Turkishs are disposed to pay with 1.000.000 euro less.

"Coach Şenol Güneş confirmed he is interested to bring to the team both players. So, we made a new proposal to Wisla, and if they will accept it, our representants will come right away at Krakow to finalize the two transfers" said the manager of Trabzonspor, Burak Gurdal.

Maciej Zurawski is now the best Polish player from Ekstraklasa. He was born on 12 September 1976 at Poznan, has 182 cm, 76 kg and plays on central forward post. Between 1993 and 1997, he played at Warta Poznan, after he transfered at Lech Poznan, where he played till 2000, when he went at Wisla Krakow. Zurawski played 37 matches for national team of Poland, scoring 9 goals. In Ekstraklasa he played 218 matches and scored 109 goals, in this season scoring 13 goals in 13 matches!

Miroslaw Szymkowiak was born on 12 November 1976 at Poznan, has 179 cm, 69 kg and plays on central offensive midfield post. He played 246 matches in first division, where he scored 27 goals. Olimpia Poznan was his first club, where he played four seasons (1992-1994), after he transfered at Widzew Lodz, playing here between 1995 and 2001. From the second part of the season 2000-2001, Szymkowiak came at Wisla Krakow, winning the post of titular. At national team of Poland he played 19 matches and scored 2 goals.

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