Last February, Eran Zehavi met Maccabi Tel Aviv in Bloomfield with PSV and won an unusual love demonstration from the fans, a demonstration reserved for purple individuals. When he paid 1.9 million euros for Juvanovic, a move that taught the boss to go all-in ahead of next season, add the return of the dominant Ivica to the coaching position, and you will understand that from now on all contenders for the crown will have to adjust to the Yellows' pace.
Zahavi is here to return the deterrent to Kiryat Shalom, two years after it was lost, and with it he will want to return the plate to the closet.
The key to success will be the connection between his dominance and Ivica's need for absolute control of the team.
The Serb will have to make sure that Zahavi, another 35-year-old, plays in a role that is comfortable for him with players who suit him.
The combination of Bio Zehavi and Lubanovich is intriguing, as they are both 9 pioneers, living in the same living areas.
Add the great breakthrough, and you're in danger of an unbalanced lineup.
Golden.
The mouth is back, Photo: Ami Shumen
Zehavi is not a problematic player, far from it, but Ivica will have to treat him differently from the rest of the staff who suffer from overload at the front, a situation that incidentally raises questions about the future of the great talent Oscar Gluch.
In the fans' fantasy, he is supposed to play behind Zehavi and pamper him with candy, but the fact that nothing but championship and success in Europe is unthinkable (zero patience for learning mistakes), as well as the fact that in order to ideally combine Juvanovic and Zehavi you have to play with two strikers, Question the minutes that Gluch is supposed to get.
If Gluch hits, our football will lose.
Zehavi in the previous term at Maccabi, Photo: Danny Maron
Our Premier League has known big projects that have failed, such as the Galacticos and Benyon's return to Maccabi Haifa, but Zahavi is different from everyone else.
He is a team player, not marked from age zero, and it took him a lot of time and hard work to earn his status - and he only got better over the years, even long after entering the fourth decade of his life.
One thing is for sure: Bottom line, Zahavi's comeback is already the big story of the upcoming season.
Everything else is a bonus.
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