Player Profile: Huddersfield Town defender Michal Helik
By Chris Dunlavy
When Michal Helik made his debut for Ruch in 2013, a coach at the Polish club tipped the teenager for stardom.
“With careful treatment in the coming years he should become one of the leading central defenders in Poland,” said Wojciech Grzyb.
It has not quite worked out that way. Helik’s teenage years were hampered by injury and whilst a move to Barnsley at the age of 24 briefly reignited his international ambitions, a shortage of pace and his obvious discomfort in possession limited the defender to seven caps, the last o...