2024-03-25 14:53:30
The Union – probably – has its new crack. Indeed, the young Israeli prodigy Anan Khalaili should leave Maccabi Haifa at the end of the season to join the Butte club. At the start of the week, he must make a quick trip to Belgium to carry out his medical tests and sign a contract which will bind him to the Saint-Gilloise team until 2028, before returning to Israel and completing the training there. season. The total amount of the transfer would be 7.5 million euros, a record for the USG which last summer paid 4 million euros for Mohammed Amoura (who played at FC Lugano in Switzerland) and the same for Kevin Rodriguez (who played for Independiente del Valle in Ecuador).
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An amount which, for the Israeli championship, is also very substantial. “But he’s clearly worth them,” reacts local journalist Inbal Manor. “He’s the greatest talent in the country. He can really go very far. Besides, in my opinion, he won’t stay in Belgium for long. He will spend one or two seasons there before taking charge of a major championship. »
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Aged 19, Anan Khalaili made a name for himself last year during the U20 World Cup in Argentina. A competition in which Israel finished in third place and in which the young winger scored three goals and distributed an assist. “Before the World Cup, no one knew him and his club was even thinking of loaning him to D2. But given his performances, he received his chance with the Maccabi first team this season and he established himself there (Editor’s note: he has 6 goals and 5 assists in the league). Which is remarkable given his young age because Maccabi is one of the biggest clubs in the country. He has been champion for the last three years and is currently second at the start of the playoffs (Editor’s note: which start this weekend, like in Belgium). »
“At the Union, we guaranteed him that he would play”
Despite the interest of several other European teams, it is on the Union that Anan Khalaili has set his sights. A choice that Inbal Manor understands perfectly. “The Belgian D1 is very complicated and competitive. He was attracted by the fact that the Union believes in young talents. He was also guaranteed that he would play, or at least that he would have an important place in the team. Finally, he will perhaps have the opportunity to play in the Champions League…”
A very spectacular player, Anan Khalaili risks enchanting Parc Duden next year. “He has everything going for him. He is technical and incredibly fast. This season, he was flashed at 36km/h! One on one, no one can stop him. And it also has an impressive vertical trigger, a bit like that of… Cristiano Ronaldo » That promises!
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