Oscar Garcia only took over Pogoń Szczecin on 1 July, replacing Thomas Thomasberg, but the club are already being linked with a possible coaching change. Reporting suggests Garcia still wants out, and Pogoń have started looking for a successor before anything is official.

Garcia's short time in charge

The timeline has moved quickly. Pogoń suffered heavy defeats to Raków Częstochowa and Widzew Łódź, and Jerzy Chwałek said in comments translated from Polish that it is not impossible Garcia will leave after the autumn round, with the owners getting more time to find a replacement. He added that Pogoń have taken action and are looking for a new coach.

The results are not terrible across the board, though they have been uneven enough to keep the noise around the dugout alive. Pogoń won three straight league games after two consecutive defeats in their last five, which leaves them fourth in the Ekstraklasa with 24 points from 13 matches. That is a decent platform, but it has not stopped the uncertainty around Garcia.

The exit talk around Dinamo Zagreb

Jerzy Chwałek also told Meczyki.pl, in comments translated from Polish, that Garcia is still maintaining his desire to leave and that a departure looks very likely, even if football can still throw up twists. That lines up with the older reporting around Dinamo Zagreb, who wanted to buy him out, although Alex Haditaghi did not agree to his departure.

Piotr Koźmiński went a step further in his reporting for WP SportoweFakty, saying Garcia was ready to return everything he had earned at Pogoń to get the move. That does not mean a January exit is guaranteed, because the reporting has not settled on one date, but it does show how strained the relationship has become.

Pogoń are still making league points under Garcia, yet their recruitment work is already pointing past him. If the autumn round ends with the coach still intent on leaving, the club will not be starting from zero, because it is already looking for the next man now.

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