Pini Balili: Due to debts FIFA announced Balili as a free agent and he is free to sign in any club. Balili will demand a higher contract from Istanbulspor if the club wants to keep him. Other clubs interested in Balili are Erciyesspor (Tuama's new club), Gaziantepspor, Denizlispor and other newly promoted club Ankaraspor. Ilan Bachar: Currently in trials in Coventry and so far is impressive. The club reuqested him to stay for an additional week of trials. Hapoel Haifa: Tutuana Jeif and Nsumbu Mozowa received offers from a club in the Belgian top division. Hapoel Beer Sheva: Slovenian keeper Robert Seraga will be trialed in the club along with Serb keeper Urus Glodovic. M.S. Ashdod: Four new players have joined the squad: Raffi Haleli, Idan Hilel, Roi Sabag and Tomer Azulai. Amir Turjeman is expected to make his final decision on which club to join within 24 hours. Hapoel Nazereth Illit: Congolese center back Jean Tassumomdenze (sp?), who belongs to Eintracht Frankfurt, will come to trials in the club next week. Meanwhile, the club will trial Bosnian Mirans Ismailovic and Nigerian Ojay Kallon. Bney Sachnin: Abas Suan agreed to terms for at least another season in the club. Bney Yehuda: Will sign U-21 national keeper Yossi Shekel as the 2nd keeper of the club. Ironi Rishon LeZion: Signed Moshe Avutbul for one season. Hapoel Jerusalem: Keeper Golan Malul signed for one season after two seasons of retirement. Malul's team before the retirement was Hapoel Jerusalem. Tibi Tibi is another name that's expected to return to the capital side after a one season spell with Hapoel Tira.
And what about Gabriel Lima? Was he really loaned to Bnei Yehuda? I'm from Cabo Frio, RJ, Brasil, Gabriel Lima's hometown, and I saw him playing futsal with six years old. Since then, we all are fans of his quickness and ability. He was here in Cabo Frio until last Sunday, when he returned to Israel. A lot of huges from BRASIL...
Kappa18- Are all your posts from xtratime.org? I didn't want to say anything but it is as though you just cut and paste what people post on those boards and write it here. -Beitar
Andrejs Prohorenkovs: Signed in Dynamo Moscow for 2 seasons. Good luck to him in the rest of his career. Maccabi Tel Aviv: The team is looking for a striker, Lior Asulin is a candidate but it is unclear if the deal will go through. The planned deal is along with Beitar Jerusalem, with Beitar and Maccabi buying 50% each of Asulin's player card and the player will play in Beitar for one season and in Maccabi the following. Another option is havnig maccabi buying the player's card of Asulin and loaning him to Beitar for one season. However it is unclear if it will go through. Cameroonian striker Bebe Adolfo Agosto (22 yo) is a candidate and will come to trials in the club. Danish center back Philipp Dank (24) will also come to trials in the club. Hapoel Beer Sheva: Nigerian Femi Obanofemy will not come to the club after all. This after agreeing to terms in Beer Sheva. Obanofemy claims to have family problems but it seems that he also has a 5 year contract in Grasshopers and that's the reason for not coming to Beer Sheva. Hapoel Tel Aviv: Nigerian midfielder Samuel Okanawe (25 yo) has come for trials along with Chukwudi Nwogu. Okanawe has played in Barcelona for 3 years in the past and has impressive history. Both players agreed to terms and trials will determine if they will be signed. Nigerian winger Olivier Adefamy (18) is in trials in the club and so far is impressive. Bney Yehuda: Brazilian striker Angelo Marcos is in trials with the club. Hapoel Haifa: Kfir Leibovich will continue in the club for another season. Hapoel Nazereth Illilt: Peter Emula is on target, pending on developments with loan agreements for Josue Duerte and Daniel Gutierez. Bosnian Mirans Ismailovic was released from trials. Argentinian Jewish striker Alexis Veischen will come to trials in the club. Veischen played with Guillermo Israilevich in Union Santa Fe and if impressive he can join his former teammate from Argentina
Good News According to internet sports portal One, Istanbulspor Spor Faaliyetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (aka Istanbulspor) is very interested in Hapoel Be'er Sheva's Ofir Haim. Haim is set to fly to Istanbul, Turkey early this morning on Turkish Airlines flight TK 1193 (man, you can find anything on the internet) departing Ben Gurion International Airport at 6:40. Be'er Sheva gaffer, Eli Gutman, has given Haim the green light to move on saying that he will not stop him from moving on in his career. Maccabi Haifa has agreed to terms with Boca Juniors on a loan agreement for 22 year old, Roberto Damián Colautti. The agreement says that Colautti will play for Haifa for one season with the Israelis holding an option to buy the player after the first season.
Pini Balili Apparently Pini Balili has signed a two year contract at $400,000 a year with newly promoted Kayserispor. Balili joins Salim Tuama at Kayserispor and have played together in the past at Hapoel Tel-Aviv. Kayserispor has said to have been very worried about how they will fair this season after they lost to Denizli Spor Kulübü 4-0 in a preseason warm up. Balili is now the clubs most expensive player and has a clause in his contract that releases him in the event that a bigger European club takes interest in him.
Maccabi Tel-Aviv Damn, I forgot to mention that Lior Asulin agreed to terms with Maccabi Tel-Aviv this evening and should a deal be struck between Maccabi Herzliya and Maccabi Tel-Aviv, then Asulin could be introduced to fans in the near future. I wish that Beitar Jerusalem would have signed Asulin, that way Maccabi Tel-Aviv would pose less of a threat to Maccabi Haifa this upcoming season.
Hapoel Tel Aviv: Asi Domb signed for 3 seasons. Guy Tzarfati will sign in the next few days. Gbenga Samuel Okonuwo is so far disappointing and might not be signed. Ruslan Lubarskij has received an offer from a Ukrainian club and most likely will not play in the club. Beitar Jerusalem: Nigerian center back Samuel Ognesinie (24) is in trials with the club and so far is impressive. Goalkeeper Guy Solomon is in trials with the club as well as a Peruvian naturalized player named Javilas. Hapoel Nazereth Illit: Will probably sign Congolese center back Jean Tsoumou-Madza, who has been impressive in trials. Bney Yehuda: Kfir Udi might be in the club next season after all. Negotiations are expected to start in the next few days. Defender Shachar Leari from Maccabi Herzliya is in trials with the club. M.S. Ashdod: Amar Salman has officially agreed to terms in the club for one season.
What were the chances that he would sign for Osasuna in La Liga? How serious were they about capturing him? All haaretz said was that the club asked his agent for videos of his goals. KYHS did the israeli media in israeli actually mention any more than this? What were his chances to start in spain and do you think he will move there in the future? Hes in his mid 20s so i dunno how his chances will get.
Progress I think that his chances of signing with Club Atlético Osasuna were/are very slim, though I wish that it were a viable option. I personally think that he is very talented and am glad to see that no matter where he plays, whether it is in Ligat ha'Al or the Liga Leumit, he plays with passion and gives his all. I know that many of my fellow countrymen think less of him. The Israeli media only said that Asulin's agent got a request of some video tapes to be sent to the club in Spain. Today, Ofir Haim agreed to a two year contract with Istanbulspor Spor Faaliyetleri ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (aka Istanbulspor) of Turkey. Tal Ben Haim is on trial at Bolton Wanderers and has apparently made a good impression on the manager Sam Allardyce (sp?). Maccabi Haifa signed Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama's Wescley Pina Goncalves. Wescley is 20 years old and a member of the Brasilian U-20 side. He has signed a three year deal with the Haifaites.
Maccabi Herzliya chairman, Ariel Sheiman, is going to let his rabbi, Rabbi Ya'akov Eifergen decide where Lior Asulin will play. That is the best way, let the rav decide.
Agreed Hopefully he will choose Beitar Ilan Bachar: No success for the player in England and he will try to find a club in Israel or in Turkey. Offir Haim: Stil no release from Beer Sheva due to disagreements on transfer fee. Maccabi Haifa: Signed Brazilian U-20 international center back Wesley Pina Goncalves (Pina, 20). Another Brazilian, defensive midfielder Eric Matos Oliveira (24) will come to trials in the club. Hapoel Tel Aviv: Guy Tzarfati will sign in the club within the next 24 hours. Chukwudi Nworgu was released. Gbenga Samuel Okonuwo seems to be on his way out as well. Hapoel Petah Tikva: Edmilson Da Silva arrived for trials and might be the team's 5th foreigner.
Beitar Jerusalem: Signed Lior Asulin for 2 seasons (yes, after Rentgen told him to go to Maccabi). This makes Asulin's Beitar first signing of the season (well, really 2nd after Solomon I guess, but that one has very little impact). Maccabi Tel Aviv: After losing Asulin the team signed Brazilian center back Mauricio Giovannoni for one season as he takes over the 5th foreigner position. Offir Haim: The player was released to Istanbulspor! He will pay Beer Sheva $50K for breach of contract and will join the Turkish club as soon as possible. Congrats to Haim and good luck in Turkey! Hapoel Tel Aviv: Has released Ashraf Suliman after signing a contract with the player. Rumours are that Ilan Bachar might be coming back to the club. Rami Abu Laben and Uri Kargola have been released from the club. Bnei Sachnin: Raffi Cohen is not sure to continue in the club due to financial issues. Nigerian signing Aganun Olushoal Olomuyina (I believe that's his actual name) might not be playing in the club due to failed medical exam. The player has found to have some heart problems and will be checked in the hospital to validate it. If he is not signed, Brazilian Vieira Caliber is will be in trials to take his position. Ahmed Saba of Hapoel Majdal Krum is training with the club and if impressed he will be signed. M.S. Ashdod: Mozowa and Tutuana are getting closer to the club and started training with the southern side. Nimba Mpeti is also coming to trials in the club as well as a couple more Congolese players(no names given yet). Bnei Yehuda: Yaniv Bason of HaShikma Ramat Hen (Liga Alef) will join the club in its training camp in Holland.
His name is WESCLEY, and he was in Brazilian U-17 team in South American Championship, in 2001. He was playing at Vasco da Gama, and he's tall and good header.
Tal Ben Haim: Great news for the player, Bolton wants him for 3 seasons. Negotiations will start immidiately and Bolton will be waiting to get an offer from Maccabi Tel Aviv. Lior Asulin: As supposedly he officially signed in Beitar Thursday morning, new controversies came up and he hasn't left to Beitar's training camp yet. Beitar Jerusalem: Ofer Talker hasn't left for the training camp either and he still has not signed a contract with the club. A player that is going to the camp is Eliran Hudeida from Ironi Kiryat Ata. Guy Solomon signed officially for one season. Hapoel Haifa: Signed Nir Levin as a coach. Hapoel Beer Sheva: Will trials Slovak goalkeeper Miroslav Ihl (31) in the training camp in Austria. Hapoel Petah Tikva: Ghanaian Michael Osei is in trials with the club after being released from Beer Sheva. Bnei Sachnin: Might decide to sign both trialing strikers Viera Calover and Aganun Olomuyina and release Miklos Lendvai who was already signed to clear up a foreigner spot.
Bolton close in on Israeli International The Trotters are closing in on a deal that would take Ben Haim to the Reebok from Maccabi Tel Aviv for a fee around £150,000 . More at: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=305663&cc=5901
Re: Bolton close in on Israeli International Yes, but this subject should really be part of the transfers thread.
Tal Ben Haim MERGED Tal Ben Haim received(sp?) his work permit today so the deal is final. Nobody should get their hopes up though, he is expected to be a future player for them.
He is a defender who has skill and good control of ball. Wescley is also very effective playing as a defensive midfielder.
