Raz Amir
Aldo Kalolo in Basel uniform (Reuters)
Maccabi Tel Aviv enters the last month in which it can bring in reinforcements, and as far as the report published yesterday in France is concerned, one of the main targets is indeed Aldo Kalolo, a striker for Sochaux from the French second division. The 26-year-old player, the brother of Milan’s Pierre Kalolo Belma (by the way, there is a third brother who plays as a right back in Lorraine), has not yet decided that he is ready to come to Israel and this is actually the matter that prevents the completion of the deal.
There are no differences between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Soshu, and the negotiations between them have already been exhausted and have reached an agreement on the amount they will receive, while Kalolo himself also knows the magnitude of the salary he will receive if he signs the contract presented to him by the Yellows, but the source privy to the details of the negotiations told -ONE because “there is no matter of gaps, it is closed, the only thing is the player’s desire to come to Israel. The contacts exist but there is still a way to go, it’s still a little far”, it seems that the topic is about convincing Kalulu to transfer his career to Israel.
As far as the player himself and his attributes are concerned, Kalulu is a versatile striker who can play in all attacking positions. He is very fast but his actions are mainly in depth, less likes to dribble and more looking to get back from the connections in order to take advantage of his speed and the good acceleration that characterizes him very much. His numbers last season, 10 goals and 5 assists, came mainly from the central striker position he played. In general, throughout his career he has played 41 games as a striker and 38 as a right winger, according to the records available online.
He started the current season in France as a player on the left wing and in the first four seasons he did not find the back of the net and did not score. He has a total of 20 appearances as a left winger and they produced 3 goals and only one assist, and there is no doubt that this is the least comfortable position for him. It is more likely that at Maccabi Tel Aviv, if he does sign, he will be designated for the right wing position in a 4-3-3 or the second striker in a 5-3-2 or 4-4-2 formation if Vladan Ivić chooses to play that way.
As far as the breakaway Stipe is concerned, developments are expected today (Saturday) when Standard Liege is very interested in signing him and has decided to make its move only now, near the end of the transfer window, in an attempt to push the Croatian to ask to leave and Maccabi Tel Aviv to make a deal when the matter of the time left until the end of the window ( 2.9) is actually a factor that comes in here to exert pressure for the negotiation to mature. Officials in Belgium believe that if Liege pays 2 million euros for a break-in, it will be possible to make a deal. The player, it should be noted, is in the last year of his contract and, as he told ONE, “is looking for stability and to be in one place for a period of time, whether at Maccabi or at another club.”
