Has the end of Lior Rapalov’s road in the Belgian league come? Last night (Saturday), the media reported that the possibility exists: According to an article published on the website “voetbal24”, the Israeli may be released from Antwerp as early as the end of the current season.
“At best, Raphaelov will stay another season and then leave,” it read. Where to go? The article stated that Raphaelov is receiving interest from Israel (they did not specify which groups these are), and from the MLS. According to the article, the Israeli midfielder will prefer to play in the United States.
It is difficult to analyze reasons for a possible departure, but at least professionally, at the age of 34 Raphaelov is in a huge boom in the red team uniform: this season he already has 6 league goals in 18 appearances, and also two goals in the Europa League (including one against big Tottenham).
If he does leave Belgium, he will close a nine-year cycle in the country, where he played for Club Brugge and of course Antwerp, scoring 84 goals in 310 appearances (currently), and winning two championships (with Bruges) and two trophies (one with Bruges and the other With his current group).
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