When Maccabi Haifa set the 4 million euro release clause for striker Anan Halaili, it ensured that it would only come into effect in the summer of 2025. By then he could be sold for a much higher amount.
In addition, Majdi Halaili, the actor's father, will receive 20 percent of the sale amount.
So what did the greens actually do?
It was made clear to Halaili that he would be able to earn the big money not only by moving to another group, but from the amount of his son's sale.
That is, if the sale is for 5 million euros, Halaili will immediately receive a million euros, an amount that he is unlikely to be able to receive at his first stop outside Carmel.
In addition, the understanding between Yankela Shachar and Majdi Halaili was that professionally he would advance in Maccabi Haifa, receive minutes and exposure also in the group stage of the European League.
So far, both sides are sticking to everything that was agreed upon.
Lior Kassa in his first interview as a Maccabi Haifa player // Maccabi Haifa
In light of the striker's success, a number of teams in Europe began to express interest in him, one of them, the Belgian Union Saint-Gilloise, even received an offer of 2 million euros for him and was rejected outright.
The Belgians realized that the Greens would not sell him even for double and doubtless triple the amount, so the agents are trying to organize a meeting in Israel, where there might be a sale deal, when the player moves in the summer.
"With talent and data like Anan Halaili's, it was clear to us that he could be sold for a high amount," said an insider to both sides: "It is important to us that he moves to a club where he can progress and not to a big team in Europe, where he may go backwards and with few playing minutes."
Maccabi Haifa does not specify a sale amount, since there is none.
Their interest and that of the player is for the price to be as high as possible, so all parties will benefit.
In this respect, the ability of Union St. Gilois to acquire Anan Halaili, cultivate him in an intermediate league in Europe and then sell him to the big leagues, is exactly what the player wants and aimed for.
In the summer, the family rejected an offer from the Italian first league and even now, clubs in the Premier League, the Spanish and French leagues are following him and have sent messages that there is something to talk about.
In any case, Anan Halaili will remain a Maccabi Haifa player at least until the summer of 2024 and even if he is sold then - the Greens will retain a percentage for a future sale.
Halaili with Yaakov Shahar, Itzik Ovadia and Gal Alberman at the signing ceremony, photo: Maccabi Haifa
To understand how extraordinary the process the young talent went through is, you have to go to the summer.
Until the explosion in the Mondialeto and the European Championship for young teams, the plan was to loan him to Hapoel PT. Things were almost closed, until the plans changed following the meteoric explosion. Maccabi Haifa summarizes and says that "Halaili's modest nature and the family's understanding that they go hand in hand is a common interest, will bring Only for good things in the future."
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