"Do I count on a transfer of a defensive midfielder? That is the plan, we are talking about it at the club, we will see what comes of it. We certainly have some ideas for solving this situation," Jacek Zieliński said to Transfery.info, in comments translated from Polish. That is the clearest sign yet of what Wieczysta Kraków want to do in January. The new coach is talking about one reinforcement, not a rebuild, even with the club bottom of the Ekstraklasa on 8 points after 14 rounds.
Squad stability first
Zieliński's second message was about pace, not panic. "The basis is calm and repeatability," he said. "What is needed here is not revolution, but evolution, but also stability, especially in the squad." He added that the squad needs longer periods of playing together, and that changes will happen, but the aim is repeatability.
That approach fits the numbers. Wieczysta are 18th, the red lantern, and have lost five in a row. A club in that position can be tempted to rip things up, but Zieliński is clearly resisting that instinct. His public line is that the squad has potential and needs a more settled structure, with a defensive midfielder the first obvious area to address.
The Cracovia link and the wider reset
Zieliński also played down the noise around Cracovia Kraków. He said it was not as simple as a straight rejection and that he would rather not go into the subject now because he is already at Wieczysta. He also noted that media reports reached him, but treated the story calmly.
The contrast with his previous job is obvious enough. He left Korona Kielce from a far better place in the table, with 18 points and 11th position, while this move has dropped him into an immediate survival job. That is why the talk is so narrow at the moment. One defensive midfielder, a steadier squad, and a club trying to stop the slide before the winter window closes.
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