If there is an outstanding quality that sets the current Czech footballer of the year apart it is their desire. No elite athlete reaches the top of their game without him and yet the degree to Tomáš Souček longs to cover every blade of grass in the search for positive results for your equipment can not be underestimated.
“Many people said it would be difficult [in the Premier League], but I did not believe it,” he reflected, discussing initial doubts his body could handle physical division.
“I think my strength comes from within me. When my body is strong inside, and I’m ready to fight on the pitch and in my head, it’s not important how I see it.
“Even when I was younger, I said I wanted to cover all the squares of the pitch. I wanted to help my boys in all situations. “
The 25-year-old is high in six feet four inches, in the supreme sports covering distances – the 13.1 km Souček covered in their first road game was the highest total by a player from West Ham on a Individual party for six years – and competitive for each lost or otherwise air ball. But with his contributions in the field of lie a modest, quiet and affable presence – a very popular character, whose diligent behavior has been well received by the other players and fans alike since he made the switch to East London .
Born in the small town of Havlickuv Brod parents and Frantisek Iva’s career Souček ultimately took flight Slavia Prague – but now it has soared to new heights in the Premier League.
It was just reward for Souček and his family, showing the same desire through every word of their story.
Souček recalled: “My trip was very hard. I loved football and I played in a small town of about 10,000 people. My whole family was a family of athletes.
“My inspiration was my family, because my father took me to my first football training because he was a coach. My mother played handball and football played my aunt, too. I played football since my early childhood.
“When I was ten, I went to a training camp and there was a Slavia Prague coach there who picked me to – but they were 120 miles from my home.
“It was very difficult for my family. For the next four or five years, we went to Prague by car. Initially it was twice a week, but then it was five times a week. It was very difficult for my family because they worked well. He had to ask their work if they could go, and then had to spend more time at work [as a result].
“The big change came when I was about 15 years old and living with my classmates in college. We were only went home for the weekend. It was better, because my parents could stay home.
“When I started playing in the Czech league, and now while I’m here, I want to show I’m very happy with what they did for me. I do the best I can for them.
“They expect’m happy to be a football player and are happy I’m here now. They are the best support we could have. “