Lawrence Ennali is causing quite a stir in the Polish Ekstraklasa. International clubs are already queuing up. The winger is in high demand.

Who would have thought it? When Lawrence Ennali left Rot-Weiss Essen in the summer of 2023, some fans were even happy. After all, Ennali was never uncontroversial at RWE and despite his speed, the 22-year-old was often criticized. Also due to his lack of finishing in Essen.

According to information from RS, RWE had made him an offer to extend his contract that was far below Ennali’s financial expectations. Rot-Weiss no longer wanted to improve.

Not even a year later, everything looks different. As the saying goes: only the soccer business moves that fast. Ennali moved to Poland to join Gornik Zabrze on July 1, 2023 and after a few teething problems, he became an absolute top performer, fan favorite and even more: one of the best wingers in the Polish Ekstraklasa.

17 games, 3 goals and an assist in the league, plus three appearances and two goals in the Polish Cup – and: around two weeks ago he scored the winner against league leaders Jagiellonia Bialystok on an assist from Lukas Podolski, who likes to do extra sessions with Ennali after training. Forecasting reported.

Although Ennali has a contract in Zabrze until the summer of 2025, he is a sales candidate for the upcoming transfer window. He is expected to fetch the cash-strapped Upper Silesians a transfer fee in the millions. On a side note: Ennali and Co. have now been paid all their salaries.

Ennali could have moved to Serie A as early as this winter

According to our information, we are talking about a transfer fee of between 1.5 and 2.5 million euros. Serie A bottom club Salernitana, Franck Ribery’s former club, were already prepared to transfer €1.2 million to Zabrze in the winter. But Ennali rejected the move. He wanted to continue to play himself into focus and recommend himself to better clubs

And he succeeded. Forecasting has learned that interested parties are lining up. At the forefront are Udinese and RSC Anderlecht. Pogon Szczecin has also shown interest. However, a transfer within Poland is rather unlikely.

“At the moment, things are going very well for us as a team and also for me personally. That’s why I’m just thinking from game to game, trying to improve and help the team. My focus is fully on Gornik for the rest of the season,” Ennali told Forecasting on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.

It is as good as certain that the second-fastest player in the Ekstraklasa – Ennali was “flashed” at 35.16 kmh – will leave Zabrze in the summer of 2024. The only question is: where to? The tug-of-war over Lawrence Ennali has long since begun