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Big bargain: Cute Canaan is waiting for an ex Israel today

2021-04-12T11:47:15.021Z


| Israeli soccer Hamudi Canaan (21) is marked as the next exit of MS Ashdod after the season broke out • Tonight he will want to prove himself against Maccabi Haifa, who hurried to get rid of him at a low price Dear Canaan. Direct meeting with the ex Photo:  Liron Moldovan Hamudi Canaan is perhaps one of the biggest "thefts" in recent years in Israeli football. At the age of 21, he made his breakthrough at As


Hamudi Canaan (21) is marked as the next exit of MS Ashdod after the season broke out • Tonight he will want to prove himself against Maccabi Haifa, who hurried to get rid of him at a low price

  • Dear Canaan.

    Direct meeting with the ex

    Photo: 

    Liron Moldovan

Hamudi Canaan is perhaps one of the biggest "thefts" in recent years in Israeli football.

At the age of 21, he made his breakthrough at Ashdod MS, but he grew up with Maccabi Haifa.

Canaan (, 20), a native of Majd al-Krum, played for the Greens 'branch in Nahalal and was marked as a great talent, but at the age of 17 he is a member of the players' agent Dudu Dahan, who took him to auditions in Belgium. Haifa did not like the move. Sold to MS Ashdod for only NIS 450,000, an amount that now seems like a bargain.

"There is no doubt that Ashdod made a good deal, it is unequivocal," says Nir Levin, who coached Canaan in recent years in the young Israeli national team: "Ran Ben Shimon promoted him this season in a great way. As the young coach, we have been in close contact with Canaan's promotion. Things are going well.

"Great talent, he has potential, but he needs to improve a few things and show continuity. To reach the highest levels he has more work to do, such as improving his defensive ability, tactics, where to make the moves and bring his advantages to the game, but he made a leap this season. ".

In Ashdod, they may have bought Canaan for a small sum, but it is marked as the next exit of the owner, Jackie Ben Zaken.

Estimates speak of a sale for at least two million euros, although the road there is still long.

Along with the great talent, Ashdod says that young Canaan needs to improve on the field, but not only.

"He had some minor disciplinary offenses this season, but they knew how to get him back in the groove," club officials said. "Ran is following and paying attention to every detail. ".

The future of the team

Last month, the team's coach, Willy Rotensteiner, summoned Canaan to the Israeli squad, ahead of the games against Denmark, Scotland and Moldova.

The young midfielder did not play, but the team says that Rotensteiner marked him as someone who could lead the link in the future, along with other talents such as Ilai Almkeys and Eden Kartzev.

In internal talks, the Austrian claimed that if there is one position in which Israeli football knows how to produce quality players, it is the link, especially in the center.

Rotensteiner came to watch the Ashdod connection several times and was very impressed with it, until he decided in time for the staff.

In the near future he is also expected to give him premiere minutes.

Until then, Canaan will play tonight with Ashdod against Maccabi Haifa.

His team will be missing brakemen Timothy Avani (will be on the roster, but is not expected to open) and Gil Cohen.

The latter suffers from a muscle tear and will be absent for several weeks.

Roi Gordana will return to the link, opening alongside Shlomi Azulai, who will receive a shot in the injured ankle.

On the other hand, Maccabi Haifa is not calm ahead of the visit to Ashdod, and the club takes the game very seriously.

"This is one of the toughest pitches in the league, we have already lost there this year," said coach Barak Bachar, adding: "We will do everything to win there."

As far as the line-up is concerned, Bachar has been training alternately with a three-brake line-up, in which case Ernest Mabuka will play as a right-back while Godsway Donio will open on the spot in place of Nikita Rokavica.

Noble Omar will open the link together with Dolev Haziza.

The Greens will miss the injured Jose Rodriguez.

Source: israelhayom

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