Sparta Prague lacks players in Czech national team nominations

Sparta Prague has no players included in the latest Czech national team nominations, marking the first time the club has been absent from the list since November 2022. Pavel Nedvěd, the general manager of national teams, described the situation as a problem and held discussions with club leadership.

The absence is attributed to three primary factors: injuries to players such as Adam Karabec and Matěj Ryneš, coaching decisions regarding players like Roman Macek, and the retirement of Jaroslav Zelený. While some younger players like Matyáš Vojta and Hugo Sochůrek appear in the U21 nominations, the senior squad currently features no Sparta representatives.

In response to this trend, Sparta management is reportedly considering a strategy to rebuild a Czech core within the squad to better support the national team's needs, though a formal plan has not yet been made public.