“It's over. He'll go right in”

The Israeli international arrived at FCSB as a free agent after parting ways with Kairat Almaty. Arad has not played since November, since a match against Inter Milan in the Champions League, lost by the Kazakhs 1-2, Ofri was the scorer of Kairat's goal.

Mihai Stoica said that Arad has been preparing for the last month and can enter directly into the team's normal schedule. He also referred to Elvir Koljic, who last year signed with Rapid after having a medical visit at FCSB as well.

Mihai Stoica: “Arad had a medical visit. He will enter directly with the team”

“It's done, he's had a thorough medical. It's good. Others run away from MRI and sign with other teams (no – reference to Elvir Koljic, who signed with Rapid last year). It's done, it's over.

He had a slight injury, a small injury to the external meniscus. It required a very simple intervention. For 3 weeks he did physiotherapy, recovery, for 4 weeks he is training normally. He will go directly with the team. It has a great vibe. A very nice guy. Smiling. My player ran away from MRI, why wouldn't I be booked?

He's number 6, that's why I brought him. Of the players we analyzed, he's the one we think helps us because Šut, a starter, left.

He's better than I've seen and he's got experience, he's won titles. He won 3 titles with Haifa, in a championship where the budgets are much higher than in Romania. It's a refined closer, not a destroyer. We will play in 2 brackets”, said Mihai Stoica, at Prima Sport 1.

• During his career, the Israeli midfielder played for Maccabi Haifa, Ramat Gan and Kairat Almaty. He has 5 career titles, 3 in Israel and two in Kazakhstan. This season, Arad scored for Kairat on 'Giuseppe Meazza' in the Champions League in Inter's 2-1 win over the Almaty side.

• Ofri also has 10 matches in the national team of Israel, for which he did not play, however, against Romania, in the EURO 2024 preliminaries. Arad has 27 career matches in European cups.