Borodin is on his way to Beitar: "It's hard to find players like this, it should be closed within 48 hours" - Voila! Sport

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Beitar Jerusalem is getting closer to finding a new foreign defender, who will step into the shoes of Joshua Machias. After progress was made in the negotiations with Krasnodar regarding the addition of Sergei Borodin on loan, the broker agent Adam Kidan was interviewed on the "On the Road" program on Radio Jerusalem and clarified the status of the deal between the two The teams.

"We have been in talks with Beitar for some time," said Kidan, "there is cautious optimism, if there are no special glitches the deal is expected to be closed in the next 48 hours."

Kidan was asked if the transfer of Vladan Ivić from Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Russian team had an effect and responded: "Things were closed even before he arrived in Krasnodar. It was not an easy deal at all."

The agent said about Borodin himself: "The player is relatively young, he is 23 years old who made his debut in the national team in September 2022. At the end of October he played his last league game, he has over 20 games in Russia in the first league. He is a player with a left foot and tall, hard to find He comes here a lot because of the situation in Russia and the connections we have made. He will sign until the end of the current season and Beitar will have the option to purchase him or borrow for another season with an option to purchase after that."

"The Borodin deal was closed even before he arrived in Krasnodar."

Ivitch (Photo: Ariel Shalom)

As mentioned, Borodin is supposed to arrive at the expense of Josua Machias, who did not return to Israel from the World Cup delay due to a passport problem, cut off contact with the team and as a result his contract was terminated.

In addition to Borodin, Beitar will add a foreign goalkeeper and thus complete the quota of six foreigners, with each additional foreigner arriving if the team succeeds in getting rid of Eduardo Guerrero, who at this point the player has not applied to move to another team.

The 23-year-old stopper grew up in the youth department of Krasnodar and played in the youth national teams of Russia, when last September he also made his debut in the secondary squad of the senior team (friendly match against Kyrgyzstan). Most of the time he played in the reserve team of Krasnodar and was also loaned for a short period to Ofa, but last season he got to make his debut in the senior team and this season he scored one goal in - 10 appearances in the lineup within the league.

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