The Polish powerhouse PGE Projekt Warsaw is on the verge of the most important matches of the season, but a severe injury to Bartosz Bednorz raises serious questions about the team's ambitions. The outside hitter got injured in the very first rally of the tie-break against Resovia and will almost certainly miss the rest of the campaign.
In response to the crisis, the club is targeting a prominent name " the captain of the Polish national team, Aleksander Śliwka. The volleyball player, who was a teammate of Matey Kaziyski and Tsvetan Sokolov at Halkbank (Ankara) last season, is close to a transfer to Warsaw. This is reported by the Polish websitesiatka.org.
Projekt Warsaw's squad is limited in the outside hitter position, where options are reduced to Kevin Tillie, Bartosz Firszt, and Brandon Koppers. At the same time, the team is just two wins away from the bronze medals in PlusLiga and is set to participate in the Champions League Final Four.
This necessitates a swift reaction from the management, which is not just looking for a substitute, but a player with proven class.
The Polish international has already finished the season in Turkey with a bronze medal and shows that he is in rising form after recovering from an injury.
Expectations are for Śliwka to join Projekt Warsaw earlier than planned, and it is not ruled out that he could be available as early as the next match.
If the transfer is finalized, this could prove to be a key move for the ambitions of the Warsaw team both in the fight for medals in Poland and on the European stage.

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