Brighton & Hove Albion are not pleased with remarks made by Polish journalist Mateusz Borek about Jakub Moder.
This has been revealed by Borek himself during Kanale Sportowym’s Moc Futbolu, relayed by Transfery.info.
The Brighton player has been sidelined since he suffered a serious knee injury last April.
Moder was operated on that month before undergoing a second operation a few months later, after he “experienced some stiffness and restrictions in his movement”. This was revealed then by the Seagulls technical director, David Weir.
The Poland international is yet to play under Roberto De Zerbi, who replaced Graham Potter at The Amex in September 2022. Brighton have two games left and it’s unlikely the player will feature this season.
Borek believes the break of more than a year will not benefit Moder and has pinned the blame on those who took care of the midfielder’s rehabilitation for his situation.
“It seems to me that the old system at Brighton, which bought Moder, is gone. Graham Potter is gone. Today there is a new coach who has his ideas and probably watches this boy,” he said.
“Unfortunately for Polish football and for Kuba [Jakub], of whom I am a fan, this break is long. We predicted several months ago that it could last this long. That he might not play at all this season. (…) This break is getting dangerously long in my opinion for such a young player.
“Who is to blame for this break? Those who rehabilitated him. After all, as I said in one of the programmes, I received a pre-trial letter from Brighton to deny these words on the air, because they will sue me. ‘Sue me’, I replied. I had data from the PZPN [Polish FA] and observations of various doctors who work with Moder.
“It wasn’t even a problem with the quality of the operation, because it was done by a doctor who operates on many stars. However, then there is an equally important, and sometimes even more important, process of proper, strong, daily, reliable, several-hour rehabilitation. And there is a problem with that.”
