The 30-year-old defender returned to the club where he grew up, after half a season at Maccabi Tel Aviv: "Glad to be here, I will do everything to help the team get out of the situation it is in"
Bitton.
Red again
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Hapoel Tel Aviv announced this morning (Tuesday) the signing of defender Ben Bitton for two and a half years, who will join Nir Klinger's squad.
The 30-year-old defender grew up in the youth department of the Reds and won the state cup with the youth team in 2009.
He then played in Ness Ziona and Nazareth Illit, until in the 2013/14 season he moved to Hapoel B'Shlosha, with which he won three championships. At the beginning of the current season, Bitton was loaned to Maccabi Tel Aviv, but he leaves after six months following a mutual agreement to release his contract.
The defender said after the signing: "I am very happy to be here, in the club I grew up in, a place I always had a warm corner in my heart for. I will do everything to help the team get out of the situation it is in, it is a club that must be in the first league, it is clear to everyone. In this group. "