Try changing the gearbox oil first, it may just be severely oxidised and sticky.
My wifes octavia had a synchro issue changing from first to second, I dropped the very very black oil from the gearbox coated in a heavy brown sticky residue inside, refilled with some Gulf fe 75w80, problem solved and the shift is light as a feather. Her car had done 173k not a huge difference.
I will change it again next service after its removed and absorbed the old sticky residue.
2l of oil = £20-25, always worth a punt for that.
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