The Slovak football club MŠK Žilina is shortly before agreeing on one of the biggest deals in recent times. The talented Ghanaian football player Henry Addo is to head to Israel, where he will become a Maccabi Tel Aviv player and a really big package of money will travel to Dubeň.
The clues that began to appear more and more frequently during the past weekend will soon become reality. A promising only 20-year-old offensive winger Henry Addo during the winter transfer window, he will change his jersey and head from Žilina to distant Israel, where he will become a new reinforcement Maccabi Tel Aviv.
The people of Žilina are reaping the fruits of their performance in the preliminary rounds of the UEFA Conference League. This confirms the strong interest in one of the players of coach Jaroslav Hynek’s team. He is the Ghanaian offensive all-rounder Henry Addo, who will play in Israel’s highest football league – the Premier League – in the spring.
There was also interest from the Belgian club Standard Liègewho caught the eye of Addo mainly thanks to his great performances in the preliminary rounds of the Conference League and specifically against the Belgian KAA Gent, to which the Ghanaian scored two goals. According to information from ŠPORT.sk, the negotiations between MŠK and Standard were supposed to fail over the amount of severance pay they demanded under Dubno. It hovered around 500,000 euros.
Henry Addo in the match KAA Gent against MŠK Žilina, source: mskzilina.sk
An offer from Israel that cannot be refused
However, the record 23-time champion of Israel entered the game Maccabi Tel Aviv, who is not only willing to meet the financial requirements of the people of Žilina, but even significantly surpass them. According to several Israelis websites has Maccabi pay for Henry Addo up to 750,000 euros, while the total amount can reach up to 1.25 million euros even with bonuses, which is certainly a respectable number. According to the specialized portal Transfermarkt, the market value of the former player of MŠK Žilina Africa is around 250,000 euros.
“The winter transfer window is still open in some countries, and we do not rule out that there will still be some movement in our team. That’s all I can say about it,” the sports manager of MŠK Žilina told ŠPORT.sk briefly Karol Belaník.
Henry Addo came to MŠK Žilina from a related club MŠK Žilina Africa FC in October 2021 and became part of the “Shoshone” academy. During that time, he gradually worked his way up from the under-19 category through the reserve team to the A-team. The young Ghanaian plays most often in the position of left offensive winger and can also play in the “nine” position.
After the departure of the representative Dávid Ďuriš to the Italian Ascoli Calcio appeared to be the most suitable alternative for his position, but the people of Žilina will have to choose a different name, since Henry Addo, as they write in Israel, should become the new player of Maccabi Tel Aviv on Monday, whose coach is the famous Irish striker Robbie Keane.
Addo played a total of 28 matches for the A-team of MŠK Žilina, in which he scored 7 goals and assisted on four. The winter transfer window is set to close in Israel on Tuesday, February 6 at midnight. The Ghanaian footballer will be the fifth player to leave the “yellow-green” this winter. Matúš Rusnák went to Czech Baníka Ostrava, Dávid Ďuriš into Italian Ascoli Calcio, Tomáš Nemčík to Norwegian Rosenborg Trondheim a Adam Kopas joined the Cypriot Othellos Athien.
2024-02-05 10:00:00
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