The big transfer of the winter window will be completed soon and Dia Saba will wear the green of Maccabi Haifa. In an interview with “Five in the Air”, Ahmed Saba, the striker’s cousin and former player, spoke about the decision he took and explained why it was not suitable for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
“I had a conversation with him, the right place to get him at this time is to Maccabi Haifa,” claimed Ahmed Saba. “She is in a bad time, needs someone to refresh her and he can do that. He can connect with the crowd very much, be the king there. I told him that. He can lead the team and be the king of the crowd.”
And what about the offer from Maccabi Tel Aviv? “If an Arab player comes to Maccabi Tel Aviv he has to be king in every game, be the best on the field in order to succeed. It’s a big club, but it could be the ground for his crash. She bought him and gave up on him. We saw all the players from the sector who came to her,” admitted Ahmed Saba.
“Even Mehran Radi, with all his successes and championships at Maccabi Tel Aviv, was the one who bullied him. It affects every player. These are things beyond football. When I played I got the heat from the crowd and it helped me and a player who doesn’t get love can crash. I’m not talking about the entire crowd of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
In addition, Ahmed Saba told how Dia made the decision to return to Israel: “He had a preference for a European team. He didn’t get the offer he really wanted, Sivasspor also wanted him to continue, but the conditions didn’t suit him, so he left. He took his time, waited for offers. He He didn’t really get what he wanted, so he came to Maccabi Haifa.”