Doron Ben Dor
Philip Benkovic (Leicester’s Twitter)
After successfully passing its first game in the Premier League tonight (Saturday) with 1:4 over Maccabi Netanya, at the same time Maccabi Haifa continues to strengthen the staff and it was learned that Filip Benkovic, Udinese’s stopper, was offered to the greens.
If the Croatian signs, he will of course be a replacement for Bogdan Palanić, who left the team from Carmel right after promotion to the home team of the Champions League in favor of Shabab Al Ahly from the United Arab Emirates.
The 25-year-old Benkovic grew up in the academy of Dinamo Zagreb and in the summer of 2018 was bought by Leicester for over 14 million euros. He did not find his place at the Foxes and was loaned over the years to Celtic, Bristol City, Cardiff and the Belgian Leuven. Last January, after being released from Leicester, he signed as a free agent with Udinese.
The Croatian has rarely played in recent years and last season made two appearances for Leicester’s reserve team and then only two appearances in Serie A with Udinese.
