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It's time to wake up: the new reality of Maccabi Tel Aviv, and the acquisition that may come
The reason for Van Bitton's turnaround at Van Leven, why the sale of Yonatan Cohen would do good for the club, which two foreigners will come and how they received the team's extraordinary check from the fans yesterday in training.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is preparing for the rematch against Tarnava and still does not find itself this summer
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Dan Bitton
Patrick Van Leven
Yaniv Tuchman
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 08:00 Updated: 08:13
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Along with the late strengthening that is expected at Maccabi Tel Aviv and which began yesterday (Wednesday) with the signing of Eden Shamir, the club is preparing for the rematch against Tarnava tonight in Bloomfield in the hope of not falling into a dramatic and painful relegation in the current round of the Conference League qualifiers (20:30, Sport4).
The belief of the group is that in every vehicle and with every staff, tonight we have to beat the guests who landed in Tel Aviv on Tuesday and complained with the heavy heat and oppressive humidity.
The team's coach Patrick Van Leven warned the players of Tarnava's strengths yesterday, but he seems to trust his players very much and is convinced that Maccabi Tel Aviv is a better team.
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"What, he does not want players? He does not want a stronger team?".
Van Leven (Photo: Bernie Ardov)
Eden Shamir, who joined the team on loan from Standard Liege, should be the first acquisition this week, but not the last. The club believe that after that, maybe even until the end of the week, Dan Bitton will also sign a purchase deal from Ludogorets. The Bulgarians have long insisted that Maccabi Tel Aviv pay 1.2 million euros for the connection, as stated in the loan agreement with the purchase option, which was determined between the clubs a year ago. Maccabi Tel Aviv were not willing to pay and only wanted the question and hence each side fortified its position. Unlike Mavis Chibuta whom the Bulgarians are unwilling to give up, Bitton who in no way wants to stay there, they are willing to sell and have agreed to go down to a lower amount. There is still a possibility of borrowing for another season from Bulgaria to Israel, but it is estimated that it will eventually end in a sale.
So what happened that Maccabi Tel Aviv decided they wanted to keep Dan Bitton for another season?
Bitton has not been a favorite of Patrick van Leven since the Dutchman took over at the end of December last season.
The midfielder, who received the keys from Georgius Donis and did not live up to the exaggerated expectations that the Greek put on his shoulders, gradually evaporated in Van Leven, who in recent cycles returned him and discovered that he was wrong about him.
As evidence, Van Leven decided, also with a push from Barak Yitzhaki, that the team needs the cook who has the excellent kick with his left foot and hence that at the end of the season, it was decided that Bitton should be left for a second season.
"Almost every player at Maccabi Tel Aviv saw that Dan Bitton should have received more credit last season," a player at Maccabi Tel Aviv testified yesterday.
"At Donis he played almost non-stop, but in the second half of the season he played little and that was a mistake. It is a fact that Patrick understands today that he wants him."
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"In the second half of the season he played little and that was a mistake. It's a fact that Patrick understands today that he wants him."
Bitton (Photo: Ariel Shalom)
The management understands well, the staff is not good enough.
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Photo: Berni Ardov)
It is precisely the sale of Yonatan Cohen to Pisa, which leaves Maccabi Tel Aviv without another major player, is the one that should wake up the management that recorded yesterday with the signing of Shamir only a meager package of three acquisition players.
After the expected addition of Bitton and possibly Gabi Kanikovsky, the focus will be on two foreign attacking players.
In the first priority a line player from the left and immediately after that a foreign striker.
The team understands and reads the reviews about the obligation to bring two players who know how to score to compensate for all the players who left and took their goals with them.
Meanwhile, the extraordinary event that took place yesterday in Kiryat Shalom when 30 fans came to the complex, broke into training and protested against the poor procurement policy this summer, was received on the one hand with understanding, but also with disappointment since Maccabi Tel Aviv Van Leven and neither did Barak Yitzhaki, whom the fans searched for but did not find.
"One would think that Patrick does not want reinforcements," a source close to Maccabi Tel Aviv said last night.
"What, he does not want players? He does not want a stronger team? Patrick should not be the address for these protests."
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