Four matches were enough and Vladimír Coufal is an indispensable member of the West Ham United starting line-up. Manager David Moyes and fans cannot praise the services of the 28-year-old Czech defender.
Four battles against the English giants Leicester, Tottenham, Manchester City and Liverpool. Full portion of minutes. One assist, one own opponent’s goal after his center.
Tireless work for the team and above-standard portions of won personal fights. Even against the glittering stars of the competition: Sadio Mané, Raheem Sterling, Son Hung-Min or Jamie Vardy.
Vladimír Coufal showed how impressively and quickly you can jump into a fast high-speed train called the Premier League. In a single month in England, he made a great name and almost immediately secured a place in the elite eleven Hammers.
“It was very fast and very difficult. When I was standing in the tunnel for the first time and Jamie Vardy was stretching next to me, it was something unreal. I was nervous, but my teammates helped me. Now I’m enjoying a dream come true,” he said. league of the world for club television.
When he came to the club, the usual right back Ryan Fredericks worked with an injury, so the Czech defender had his way into the basic line-up.
But after the first match at Leicester, the fans were clear: Fredericks, just as old, could not cope with Coufal, neither in defensive nor offensive action.
“We appreciate Vladimir’s experience, his knowledge and his sense of the game. He manages it brilliantly,” Moyes himself said some time ago. Hammers fans have so far rated Coufal positively after each duel, he has even earned the flattering label “our new cult hero” and a comparison to Tomáš Řepek, whom he still loves in the club.
“The Czech ace is significantly better at defending than Fredericks. In addition, it can produce very intelligent forward runs,” Hammers News wrote.
And the legend of the Trevor Sinclair club has joined. “Coufal does a great job. It fits perfectly into the system,” said Albion’s former national team striker.
After only four matches, there is nothing to solve. The former player of Slovan Liberec and Prague’s Slavia, which received about five million pounds for him, is the clear number one for the given position.
Fredericks did not do badly after last year’s restart, in which West Ham worked hard to stay among the elite, and his performances could be relied on.
However, Coufal showed a higher level in all game activities and was so excited that the club will try to sell Fredericks in January. The usually well-informed Claret and Hugh server, focused on news from the Hammer Camp, is convinced of this.
The English footballer is a breeder of Tottenham, for which he never played. He came to West Ham in July 2018 from Fulham as the first signature of the then manager Manuel Pellegrini. Now his days in East London seem to be numbered. So if the club finds a buyer. Ben Johnson’s 20-year-old talent should play the role of back-up for Coufal.
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