Officially: Eddie Gottlieb signed for four years in Oraneburg

The brake, leaving Hapoel Tel Aviv after four seasons, fulfilled his dream, moving to the Russian league and earning over € 1.5 million: "There were incidents I would like to forget."

After quite a few opportunities, a legal battle, an ugly conflict with the fans, a period of "ostracism" and patience that eventually paid off - Eddie Gottlieb fulfilled his personal dream and he moves to the Russian league.

Hapoel Tel Aviv's last four seasons officially completed its move to the Russian Orenburg Group on Monday, signing four seasons, earning over € 1.5 million, a net € 38,000 each season, through its agent Hagai Oron . The latter actually signed the contract in Orenburg two weeks ago and since then he has been practicing with the team, which has been waiting for the Russian Home Office and receiving the approval that makes Gottlieb a Russian citizen for everything.

Gottlieb said: “Glad to sign the Russian team from the Senior League in Orenburg. I want to say thank you to my agent Oron Haggai who was with me and accompanied me. She'll have a period. I don't know how many players get to complete four consecutive years at the club, probably with so many changes happening along the way. I'm not in the habit of talking, but I feel that today, after signing the new contract in Orenburg, it's time.

“The Hapoel Tel Aviv club was more than a place for me and more a career career. Every morning when I arrived at the training complex and encountered the most dedicated staff members I felt comfortable. They respected me, gave me all the conditions to succeed and I always knew that no matter what happened, they were behind me. ”
“There were also incidents I would like to forget, but today everything belongs to the past. I want to take this opportunity to thank the true audience of the worker, who always made me feel valued and wanted, even when others thought otherwise. You got into my heart. In closing, I wish the club and fans success this year, I'm sure you will feel in Bloomfield the same feeling I felt every day at the club, like at home. "

Orenburg, who has been courting Gottlieb recently, has already agreed with Hapoel Tel Aviv for about € 350,000. Gottlieb's career, which began in Hapoel Acre and continued in the Khodorov compound.

In Russia, Gottlieb will actually be considered a local, after registering as a Russian, has been given an identity number and should receive an ID card and passport soon. In doing so, he actually gave up the opportunity to play in the senior Israeli national team, after he was the Olympic team player in his youth and recorded 16 appearances, including his young Euro in 2013 in Israel.

At 26, Gottlieb continues to embroider his next dream, which he has been trying to fulfill in recent years for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and he is playing in the Russian national team. However, it should be noted that this is international football and his "passport football", and if he returns to Israel someday he will be considered Israeli because he is a citizen, he has a double passport.

Gottlieb, who recently accepted an offer for a new contract in light of the fact that his current contract expires at the end of next season, was primarily interested in moving to Russia, after he was already on the verge of moving beyond the baker two years ago and his impression of Zenit St. Petersburg also failed to materialize. Now, the circle is closed to him and he has opened an exciting new chapter in his career.