The 6th Israeli in Charleroi? "Rafalov needs to cut back to continue in Anderlecht" - voila! sport

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Lior Rafalov started last night (Thursday) in the Anderlecht lineup and was a part of the surprising victory of the Belgians 0:1 over Villarreal, on the way to the quarter-final stage of the conference at the expense of the yellow submarine which was a clear favorite in the meetings between them.

However, for the next season the future of the midfielder who was replaced in the 64th minute is in the fog.

The Israeli will celebrate his 37th birthday next month and the Belgian media claim that he will have to significantly cut his contract that ends at the end of the season, otherwise he will not stay in Anderlecht for a third season.

He was recently mentioned as a candidate for teams in the MLS league in the United States, but in Belgium it is estimated that he has no intention of leaving the country and they also mentioned the name of a serious candidate to join him.

Retirement is not on the agenda.

Rafalov (Photo: Reuters)

"Lior wants to continue playing football for another two or three years," his agent, Dodo DeHaan, clarified in an interview in Belgium, adding that "Anderlecht is also an option for him, but there are other teams that are interested."

In Belgium, we marked Charleroi from the center of the table in Belgium as the one that will try to join and become the fourth Belgian team in the Israeli media to play, after Club Brugge and Antwerp.

In the past, Dodo Biton, Matan Ohion, Eitan Tibi, Tamir Kahlon have already played in Charleroi, and Hatem Abdel Hamid also went there on loan in his youth and made one appearance.

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When Dehan was asked if Rafalov intends to return to Israel or try another destination overseas, he added: "It makes sense that Lior would prefer teams from Belgium, this is the country he has lived in for many years, but this will not necessarily affect the decision," Dehan concluded.

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