After Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked advanced the naturalization of Ali Muhammad and Miguel Vitor, and regulated their status as Israeli citizens, Enrik Savorit is expected to receive a different answer to the request he and Maccabi Tel Aviv submitted. The Sports Channel website has learned that in recent times quite a few applications have been submitted for the citizenship of athletes who rank higher than Saborit for a number of reasons.
An Interior Ministry official stated that there is a difference between Ali Muhammad and Miguel Vitor and the Maccabi Tel Aviv player. Among other things, the families of the Hapoel Beer Sheva and Maccabi Haifa player speak Hebrew, send their children to Israeli schools and that during the shelling from Gaza they did not leave Israel unlike the Spanish defender.
At the same time, Saborit and Maccabi Tel Aviv intend to fight in every way. A request for a football association has already been sent, as well as a recommendation to the Sports Ministry on the part of the association’s CEO, Yossi Sharabi, to approve a status for Saborit so that he can help the Israeli national team.
The great Spanish defender has been playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv since the 2018 season, and won two championships with the team, one State Cup and two Toto Cup titles. He is considered by many to be the best player in his position in the Premier League, and is considered one of the best foreigners to come to Israeli football.