Former Czech U21 international midfielder Jiří Bílek is spending the week on trial with Paul Jewell’s squad at Playford Road. Bílek, 27, currently plays for Kaiserslautern in Germany's Bundesliga.

Bílek, who is likely to have joined central defender Ibrahima Sonko and Richard Wright in the reserves side which drew 1-1 in a friendly with Colchester yesterday, was born in Prague and was a youth player with local side Sparta before moving on loan to Spolana Neratovice and then Chmel Blšany.

In 2006 the 6ft 1in tall defensive midfielder joined Town’s 2002 UEFA Cup foes Slovan Liberec on a permanent basis and then in January 2009 he signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with Kaiserslautern.

After initially playing for their second string in the regional leagues, he broke through into their first team during their spell in the German second tier and was in the side which won the division in 2009/10. Bílek made 15 league appearances last season, Kaiserslautern's first back in the Bundesliga, but is now out of favour and surplus to requirements.

Capped at both U20 and U21 levels by his country, Bílek is also set to spend time with Birmingham City while in the UK.

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buryblue77 added 11:18 - Aug 24 I don't like being negative, but how many players do we ever sign as a result of a trial. These stories are either smoke screens for us fans to think the club has been busy or the players we get in on trial turn out to be cack!!! Shame Leadbitter and co didn't arrive on a trial basis first!!!
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DiamondGezzer added 11:46 - Aug 24 All sounds very interesting, at this rate we won't recognise the team come Saturday !
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Bradders612 added 11:52 - Aug 24 Martyn Waghorn would be a goos signing to support michael chopra upfront then we could let scotland go :D
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Crock added 11:58 - Aug 24 Czech him out!
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4dy added 12:10 - Aug 24 no news about this ibanez from west brom.looks like pj's had some irons in the fire for quite a while.
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mulligan78 added 12:25 - Aug 24 Sky Sports says Sonko's about to sign? http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,11707_7121218,00.html
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4dy added 12:33 - Aug 24 hope pj isnt going to start snubbing players already in the sqaud already i.e. colin healy.give the guy a chance.his injuries were one of the reasons for our inconsistent season last year
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Mark added 12:40 - Aug 24 Under Magilton we used to have loads of players on trial, but that seems to have dried up since he left so this is good news. I think Keane dismantled not only our European scouting network, but also our UK one! Colin Healy captained Ipswich against Northampton a couple of weeks ago, but was poor. He is just useful backup I think, but not more than that.
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footyblue added 12:54 - Aug 24 is 27 now classed as young???
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simonsays added 13:05 - Aug 24 Memo to PJ: We need centre backs!
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ncharles added 13:10 - Aug 24 I see that the Liverpool defender we targetted was in the Norwich team last night against MK Dons. I expect they are now focussing on the league! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/14539084.stm
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Tiggs added 13:12 - Aug 24 Don't get too excited. He really is not that good!
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ITFC_Budapest added 13:17 - Aug 24 Sounds like the kind of player this club badly needs. So we obviously won't get him!
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Guthrum added 13:23 - Aug 24 superaltown (first comment) - I think you mean "dobry!".
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brockleyblueboy added 13:43 - Aug 24 Whatever happens and whoever signs I just hope they give a good account of themselves on Saturday. Losing is nothing to be ashamed of IF you play well and give a good account of yourselves. Also I know it will be hard but I really really hope we don't boo Grant Leadbitter on Saturdayy. It will only serve to give Leeds an extra edge and damage the confidence of an already very weak player. Please don't Boo the players on saturday please please

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itfcjc added 14:00 - Aug 24 Can he play cb
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johnhazlebum added 15:00 - Aug 24 Didn't we employ a "top manager" so that we we wouldn't get stuffed 7-1? And why are we doing trials with days to go in the transfer window? Shouldn't this have been done weeks ago?
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blueherts added 15:59 - Aug 24 Slovakia, Slovenia , Senegal , Frankly I think Sweden is where we need to go - a man mountain x 2 - Defensive midfielder - makes it about 8 we have at the club - why not fill the side with them ? An attacking one would excite me more - get em on the back foot I say ... Attack , Attack .... We will beat Dirty Leeds and so all will be calm at the Town ... I am inhaling my sandelwood incense infused with Kalpol .. now he is a good young player ..

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bbkingsumday added 17:30 - Aug 24 Sounds promising
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yorksblue added 17:35 - Aug 24 Happy memories of Kaiserslautern, having lived just outside their ground for 3 years whilst serving with RAF. Happy days.
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come_on_blues added 18:13 - Aug 24 Sign him up in time to play saturday so leeds dont get 5 or 6 against us
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bbkingsumday added 18:24 - Aug 24 If he can do the 100m in under 15 secs sign him up! Seriously he sounds promising if he can cover DM and CB must be worth a look
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jas0999 added 19:08 - Aug 24 As long as we don't play a negative 4-5-1 I really don't care anymore.
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