With a two-and-a-half year contract, and an annual salary of 200,000 euros, which will be the highest at Hapoel Haifa, Alon Turgeman Is Yoav Katz’s glittering acquisition in the January transfer window. The striker, who was released from Austria in Vienna, will undergo personal tests with the club’s fitness coach tomorrow (Tuesday), and will then officially sign, and will begin his second episode at Hapoel Haifa.
On Wednesday, the striker will already be training with his new-old friends, and meanwhile, in an interview with the sports channel, Turgeman told about returning to Israel in the shadow of the closure and the instructions: “It’s just delusional, I was here a month ago and everything was different. “News. But the main thing is that I arrived and I’m here, I missed you.”
So how do you pack a house?
“I was there for almost three years, it’s crazy and I had a very, very hard time packing. Lucky I had my friends from Vienna who gave a hand to everyone. And that’s it, now I’m here and have to go into the house now, it’s especially hard now when everything is closed and things have to be bought. “Very quickly, I could not sleep at night, I did not digest and I still do not digest that I am here in the country. You could say that without the corona I would not have returned to the country but all things led me to this decision that I am whole with it, and it was time to work.”
What motivated you to return?
I had a lot of personal things. You can’t ignore the corona, it’s really hard to get by there when you’re alone, it’s on the verge of impossible. I’m glad I made that decision that I’m whole with. I already have a game on Saturday, which is completely hallucinatory. But yes, we need to get ready to sit down. “
“I agree that it is not obvious that I came to Hapoel Haifa,” Turgeman added. “But I went with my heart, and I remember days of grace for Hapoel Haifa. From the first moment of the first conversation with Yoav Katz, I could say that I know I will return there as soon as I return to Israel, and it happened. So this is me at Hapoel Haifa.”
Do you see yourself becoming a symbol of Hapoel Haifa?
“I do not think it’s time to look at the vision, now is the time to mess with the moment and I have a lot of work, a lot to do and a lot of precious time I lost. I want to give back to all the fans for the tremendous support they gave me because they really flooded me “I think this phenomenon can be explained. They deserve a huge nose and they have a very big part in this transition, as well as Yoav and the professional team.”
Although he left Hapoel Haifa in the summer of 2018, Turgeman remained connected to the club: “Every goal, every game and everything that happened to me abroad, the fans just knew everything. As if they are the reporters in Europe, it was amazing and I really appreciate them for it. Of course I followed Hapoel Haifa this season, and not only in it, but in all seasons. I always followed and always encouraged in the derby. “
“I come loaded one hundred percent and I come to work, I really hope I will add and be able to show it already in the first game. It is difficult for me to talk about goals, but there is a good team, players who were with me also winning the cup and it is great fun. I am waiting to meet friends and go to training The first on Wednesday with the help of the name.
“I come in good shape, I also played in the last game and won, although after that we went on holiday but when we came back I trained like everyone else and everything is fine, I come in good shape,” Turgeman concluded, but still there is one thing that particularly bothers him. “The fact that the stands here are empty is simply the most catastrophe there can be. I have heard that in March everything can change. I very much hope it happens.”
