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Maccabi Haifa completed the addition of Tomer Hamed, who returns to its ranks after 12 and a half years.
As you know, Hamed started the season in Hapoel Be'er Sheva, but rarely played, he let go of his contract and now he has completed his return to the club where he grew up and started his career.
He signed until the end of the season with an option for another year, when in addition there is a verbal agreement that he will receive a professional position at the club upon his retirement.
Immediately after he was released from Po'el Be'er Sheva, he received an official offer from his youth team, when in the initial talks the 36-year-old striker made it clear that once Haifa was interested in him, for him, he would not look for additional options.
"It's an important day for me, to return home to the place where I grew up and which I've been a fan of since childhood," he said after the signing.
The club's professional manager, Gal Alberman, added: "We are happy to announce the return of Tomer Hamed home. Tomer, who grew up with the club's values, was a great ambassador for many years when he played overseas. Tomer's contribution will not only be on the field and will help our young players grow and improve. We are convinced that his extensive experience will be a significant addition of strength. Tomer's great desire to finish a glorious career in the club where he grew up, created a great opportunity for cooperation between the parties. We want to congratulate Tomer and wish him great success from the bottom of our hearts. Welcome back Tomer Hamed."
The Hamed family after returning to Maccabi Haifa/official website, Maccabi Haifa
An exciting comeback in Carmel/Kubi Eliyahu
As you know, Hamed started his career at Maccabi Haifa and played in all its youth teams until he was promoted to seniors in 2005.
He was loaned to Maccabi Herzliya, Bnei Yehuda and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth until he established his position as a player in the senior team and as mentioned won the championship in 2010/11.
As you know, he went on to a long career in Europe that included Mallorca, Almeria, Brighton with whom he qualified for the Premier League, Queens Park Rangers, Charlton, Wellington Phoenix, Western Sydney Wanderers and in the summer of 2022 he returned to Israel when he signed with Hapoel Beer Sheva for two years.
Unfortunately for Hamed, he had trouble making an impact in Hapoel Be'er Sheva - if last season he scored six goals in the league, three more in the qualifiers and in the group stages of the Conference League and two more in the Toto Cup, this season he did not score at all in two appearances as a substitute in the league, in a single game in which he logged 77 minutes in the Toto Cup In a 4:1 loss to Maccabi Netanya as well as in two appearances in the Conference League qualifiers.
In addition, in Haifa they continue to try to find a solution to transfer the money to Dynamo Moscow for Danil Lesvoi, when the purchase price is 1.2 million euros.
The Greens contacted the banks in Israel in the last day in order to do another check on whether the issue can be resolved.
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