Doron Ben Dor 
Guy Melamed and Gilad Katsav (private)
That’s it, the saga is over. After closing on a move to Maccabi Haifa only in the summer initially, the gaps were closed, Yoav Katz relented and the Greens officially announced today (Thursday) the signing of Guy Melamed with the team already now, when he crosses the road and will immediately join Barak Becher’s staff in exchange for 1.4 million shekels that went to Hapoel Haifa.
The top scorer of the Premier League signed, through his agent Gilad Katsav, a contract for two and a half years in the ranks of the Greens from the Carmel, when his salary without grants will be 350 thousand dollars and the contract does not have an exit clause. After Ricardinho’s signing, this is the Greens’ second acquisition in the window, with both strikers.
After encountering quite a few difficulties, when, as I remember, in the first stage – Hapoel Haifa, led by the owners, refused to hear about an immediate transfer of the striker without the financial conditions they demanded. But the negotiations matured and the gaps were closed when both sides realized that they would have to come towards each other and closed the deal already now.
After the criticism of the lack of offensive depth in Maccabi Haifa so far this season, when the dependence on Din David and Badia Saba is great, it is strengthened by Malamd who experienced a record season and is at the top of the conquest table with 17 goals in the Hapoel Haifa uniform.
The 32-year-old striker, who during his career moved to many stations such as Hapoel Beer Sheva, Bnei Sakhnin, Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Petah Tikva and of course Hapoel Haifa, now adds another big name to this list when he joins the Greens for two and a half years. The expected premiere? Against none other than Maccabi Tel Aviv, in the upcoming game on Monday.
teaches He said after the signing: “Exciting day, happy to wear the green shirt. I want to concentrate only on football, on the field and the goals of the team. It’s a huge club, when I received the request I didn’t think twice, I wanted to promote it. Fighting for titles in a full Sami Ofer is a dream of every kid who starts playing soccer, and I’m looking forward to this challenge. I arrived at the biggest club in Israel with a huge and supportive crowd, I’m waiting to score a goal and celebrate with the fans, let’s go Maccabi, green is rising”.
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