Maccabi Tel Aviv is going to a very significant day for it, on and off the field. Striker Younes Melda was purchased from the Belgian magnet for about 320 thousand euros and will sign a long-term contract.
At the age of 24, Melda returns to Israel after playing in Belgium with Gent and Mechelen.
During his time in Belgium, he rarely scored goals, when this season he made 13 appearances, almost all of them as a substitute, during which he scored three goals.
The policy for the return of the Israeli legionnaires is led by professional CEO Ben Mansford.
Malda, photo: Machlan
Lior Kassa in his first interview as a Maccabi Haifa player // Maccabi Haifa
In the meetings that preceded the transfer window, the understanding was that Maccabi Tel Aviv would have difficulty bringing high-level foreigners to Israel due to the war. Furthermore, among the management and professional staff, there is an agreement that in the Premier League, the Israeli base is of great importance. Therefore, the provision of Latexa was returned to the club Bo grew and strengthened the defense, when now, the Yellows also sign Yones Melda, former Maccabi Netanya.
Another Israeli player with whom talks are ongoing is the defender Raz Shlomo.
His Belgian team Leuven demands 1.5 million euros for him, an amount that Maccabi Tel Aviv is not ready to pay. Leuven is coached by the Ex Yellows, Oscar Garcia, who, since signing in Belgium, revived Raz Shlomo's European career.
Garcia changed Shlomo's function and moved him from the brake role to the back link.
Shlomo returned to start games and under the Spaniard he started in almost all the games.
Therefore, it is priced accordingly, what with it being purchased for over a million euros.
At this stage, the differences between Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Belgians are large and only if the offer for the Israeli stopper increases significantly, will there be a possibility of a deal.
Raz Shlomo.
He is also among Maccabi's options, photo: Alan Shiver
On a different and no less significant issue, Maccabi Tel Aviv will appear today (Wednesday) before the Football Association's court, with the danger of deducting a point actually hovering over it in the background following its indictment for the derby incidents.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is being prosecuted for a fan riot under aggravated circumstances, the fireball that was fired into the field and almost hit the Yellows' brakeman Derrick Lucassen, may be the one that will deduct a point for the team in practice. The Yellows are expected to claim that the fireball did not hit Lucassen, but the prosecution, which attached the video to the indictment, will clarify Because as far as she is concerned, it has nothing to do with whether the refinery hit or not, since the very shooting could have caused extraordinary damage.
According to the new penal regulations, any conviction for offenses of this type is punishable by deducting a point for the first offense.
Later on, the penalties increase to two and three points, with heavy financial fines imposed on the clubs.
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Derrick Lucassen.
Distilled straight to the foot, photo: Alan Shiver
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