Sami Niku is waiting for his employer JYP’s solutions.
Sami Niku is in a dispute with JYP coach Mikko Heiskanen, and the player is not wanted in the hall and involved in the team’s activities right now. The situation will be resolved in the next few days. MATTI RAIVIO / AOP
JYP’s star defender Sami Niku argued with his team’s head coach on Friday Mikko Heiskanen with. Then 27-year-old Niku was benched in the last period of the HIFK game, and the player left the bench in the middle of the match.
Later that evening, Heiskanen messaged the player that he does not have to come to the hall on Saturday at all. That’s how Niku didn’t play on Saturday against Jukurei.
Since then, the situation has been deadlocked between the parties.
– We are waiting for JYP’s solutions, says Niku’s agent Jarmo Kork For Iltalehti on Wednesday.
The statement means that Niku himself is not going to ask for a transfer elsewhere or break his contract.
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Niku will not play in the Tappara match on Wednesday. However, the defender needs ice time as soon as possible to stay fit.
JYP is obliged to arrange ice training opportunities for its players.
Many clubs in the League have inquired after Niku, but the agent has not offered the player in any direction. According to Iltalehti’s information, at least Ilves and a few other top teams have inquired about Niku’s situation.
Clubs in Switzerland are also feverishly looking for reinforcements before the transfer deadline.
The ball is in the hands of JYP. The club has decided to choose silence, and its management does not answer calls from the media.
Niku is ranked eighth in the entire Liiga point exchange and leads the pack exchange with numbers 11+26.