It was the most exciting day of Liel Abda’s life. turning point. Until yesterday (Wednesday) at noon, the 19-year-old young midfielder was completely cut off from the rumor mill around him and heard from the media who the teams that are courting him are. In the evening, it has already become real and as reported on the sports channel, he has summed up his terms for the next five years at Dynamo Kiev.
Although the young Abda knew there was a chance he would be sold in the January transfer window, he did not imagine how fast it would happen. The player received today the draft contract that will be translated into Hebrew and will take the weekend to go over it. In the first, he is expected to complete his transfer and sign the contract from Israel, and in exactly one week he will take off for Ukraine.
As reported, Maccabi Petah Tikva will earn about five million euros from the sale of the young talent and will keep no less than 25 percent of his future sale, while Avda himself will earn an average of two million NIS per season. To the Champions League, when his salary can climb and reach NIS 10 million over these five years.
Meanwhile, the actor is trying to digest the news: “Liel is completely shocked, his phone has been flooded with calls and messages since yesterday, he still does not believe it is happening,” people around him said. “Even at home they don’t digest yet. His mother thought she had just sent him to a football club. Only now is the token falling to her.”
Worked in a well-oiled machine that had already experienced moving to Ukraine with Manor Solomon, and already today the player will meet the team’s mental coach for a preparatory call, while club members make efforts to produce for him a particularly soft landing. In the first stage, the actor’s lawyer, Tal Spivak, and the director of the Malabas’ youth department, Ofir Luzon, will be his escorts and will join him for the first three weeks. Later his family members will come intermittently for long periods of time.
Also, in order to help him acclimatize, the young actor will live in the same building with his good friend, Manor Solomon. The two players spoke on the phone yesterday and Manor asked to reassure Abda and strengthen him: “Do not worry, I will help you as needed. There is a large Jewish community here with many Hebrew speakers, we are not alone here.”
