At the beginning of the year Generali Unterhaching signed Matevz Kamnik (Slovenian NT, MB, 25-year-old, ACH Volley Ljubljana). He is the fourth MB in the roster of Paduretu and he already made his debut in the CEV Cup, the German Cup and the league. It was important for him to play in the Cup semifinal against Dueren (won 3-0) as only the players in the team sheet then can appear in Halle for the final, which this year will oppose Haching and Moerser SC. As far as I know, only Robert Hupka was absent against Latina during the week, Paduretu has no problems with the roster, especially in MB position, so I am curious what triggered the transfer in the middle of the season. Raymaekers was the one to sit on the bench recently. Moreover, Kamnik had a shoulder injury which prevented him from playing for ACH in the first half of the season. Thanks to that he could be registered for the CEV Cup games, but based on the score from Wednesday it seems it will not be a long run for Unterhaching.
The Bratoev brothers will leave Levski Sofia soon and are rumoured to head for Russia. Valentin Bratoev (the OH) is linked to Yaroslavich Yaroslavl due to the injury of Anton Kulikovskiy, whereas Georgi (the setter) is said to sign with the second-division team Enissey Krasnoyarsk.
Well, thanks for the infor, Yavord. I never know Haching just signed another MB recently. Is it the first time they took the action of introducing MB after Theodore Brunner was checked out having a heart disease? It's a big shame they lost to ACH Volley in CEV CL league round, while they were given almost all the external advantages(home ground advantage,and they just need a win to their opponent in whatever sets. But they didn't, which directly kicked them off the playoffs 12 ). Probably the German Cup final is their only chance to get a "Meister" in this season, cause Berlin Recycling is going through a better and better state and hopefully to defend their Bundesliga championship.
BTW, do you(or any others) know anything about male volleyball players' salary in one season? I'm very curious about this but never saw a contract of volleyball players revealed with details like this. I saw some people talking about this thing among women players, and they said it's in a range of €500,000 to €1,000,000 for the stars? But I'm not sure if this suits men's situation.