Czech Republic will make a decision about West Ham United defender Vladimir Coufal once they have appointed a new manager ahead of the European Championships next summer.
That’s according to Idnes, who say the country’s executive committee decided to deal with the future of him and his fellow teammates after appointing a replacement for Jaroslav Šilhavý.
The 62-year-old announced recently that he is stepping down from his role at Czech boss after European qualifying, despite he and his country having qualified for the tournament in Germany next summer.
He explained he decided to do so partly due to a recent incident in the squad that saw Coufal, and two teammates sent home from international duty.
They were subsequently sent home and forced to watch as their country qualified for the tournament without them, with Coufal having since apologised for the incident and insisted he intends to bounce back and earn back the respect of his nation.
Idnes, though, report his international future won’t be made any time soon. According to them the country’s executive committee held an extraordinary meeting on Monday regarding their future plans.
They decided to deal with the future of the West Ham man and his two teammates after they have appointed Šilhavý’ s successor.
The new coach will be handed the ‘main say’ on who he wants in the team and whether they will be a part of the group moving forwards.
However, the chairman of the FAČR, Petr Fousek, has emphasised that the executive committee ‘definitely did not exclude’ any of the player’s from the national team in the future, which is positive news for the West Ham defender.
