The Pole is the hero of the “biggest transfer of this window”. It’s to give the team a championship

After Patryk Klimala became one of the hottest topics in the Israeli media. Firstly, because he is the most expensive player for Hapoel and one of the most expensive in the history of the league. Although the cost of the transfer remains a mystery, breaking the current €3.5 million for Icelander Vidar Orn Kjartansson does not seem like something abstract.

He’s going to give the team a championship

– This is certainly the biggest transfer in this window and quite expensive. This makes me wonder what level the Pole will present and how he will fare in our league – tells us Dani Porath, journalist of the sports channel Sport5. “I know that Hapoel has high hopes for him because he has played for good clubs. Beer Sheva has had a problem with the main striker since the beginning of the season. The most goalscorer Rotem Hatuel is a substitute. He starts almost every game from the bench. Klimala is to make Beer Sheva effectively join the fight for the championship and catch up with the leader, Maccabi Haifa, describes Porath. Maccabi have played one more game in the league and are now seven points ahead of Be’er Sheva. The second is Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Curiosity about Klimala was also aroused by the club director’s statements. We’ve been following Patrick for a long time. This transfer required a lot of money and hard work from us. I am glad that we were able to include him in our ranks. I wish him great success and a quick acclimatization, said Guy Primor. The contract was signed for three and a half years, and the director admitted that New York Red Bulls secured a percentage of the future transfer of the Pole. Israeli media also discussed whether Klimala could become a star of the league. These quite thoroughly traced and assessed the career of the former youth representative of Poland.

“Promising striker gave coaches a headache”

The Ynet.co.il portal notes that although Klimala in Israel has high hopes, “his former team will not miss him.” Israeli journalists cite the words of Frontrowsoccer.com, where Klimala’s stay at Red Bulls was described as “one of the most disappointing in the club’s history”. Especially with a stellar salary of over a million dollars a season. The Pole was described as the one “in the MLS team” and the whole article was titled “The end of the mistake”.

In two seasons with the Red Bulls, he made 63 appearances (57 in the MLS, 4 in the US Cup and 2 in the league playoffs), scoring 14 goals and providing 11 assists. These were not satisfactory numbers.

Roy Weinberg, Porath’s editorial colleague from Sport5, looked at the Pole even more closely. He wrote of the striker as a “top-flight player”, but pointed out his ineffectiveness. Despite playing for very good clubs (apart from New York RB also Celtic), Klimala “didn’t score more than eight goals in one season in the senior league,” wrote the journalist. He recalled that Klimala had not played matches since mid-October and had not scored a goal since August. The article also mentioned about the turbulent past and difficult character of a Pole.

“At a young age, Klimala showed himself to be a promising striker with a talent for goals, but at the same time he was giving coaches headaches. He was even called ‘the devil’ in the youth team. It was enough to reach Celtic at the age of 21.” It was because of his temperament that the Legia academy was to resign from Klimala. There was a lot of talk about the footballer at the time. due to night parties and alcohol.

“The risk of failure is low, the potential profit is high”

However, Weinberg writes that the footballer’s aggressiveness and character are now useful on the pitch, and Beer Sheva needs a physically strong striker, which is considered a Pole, called “bodyguard” in Celtic. At 1.83 m tall and after physically strong leagues, he may have an advantage in this element. Klimala can also be accused of being erratic and should score more goals, which can also be seen in his expected goals statistics. Within two years, the number 24 appears in them, while the Pole has 14 hits on his account. As the journalist points out, moving Klimala from America is also treated here as an investment. “Given Maccabi’s current form, the risk of failing in a weaker league is not particularly high, but the potential gain is substantial,” it concluded.

Porath also told us an interesting thing. It can be treated as a form of protection in case there is still a problem with Hapoel’s offensive. The team is said to be looking for another striker. However, I do not know to what extent this information is true – concludes our interlocutor.

The Israeli media also publish short quotes from the Pole’s welcome to the new club. – I am excited to open a new chapter in my career. In addition to a professional change, it is also a change for me and my family. I’ve heard good things about the city, especially the club and the fans, and I’m looking forward to meeting them at the stadium. Hapoel’s first match in Be’er Sheva will be played on February 11.