Mihai Stoica, satisfied with the footballer transferred by FCSB this winter: “It will be an important piece”

Mihai Stoica, the president of the Board of Directors of the FCSB club, spoke about Ofri Arad (27 years old), a footballer transferred this winter by the Bucharest group.

The Israeli midfielder made his debut in the 4-1 win with Metaloglobus. He started the match on the pitch, scored a goal when the score was 1-1 (disallowed for offside), but did not play again in the second half, being replaced by Baba Alhassan.

Mihai Stoica, about Ofri Arad: “He played exactly what an intelligent footballer plays”

“It was a very difficult pitch with Metaloglobus. Ofri played exactly what an intelligent footballer plays. Gigi said very well that he has no rhythm. Of course he has no rhythm. He has not played since the end of October.

I don't think he interpreted any phase wrongly. He could score, it was a matter of centimeters. He is a player we rely on and who I believe will be an important piece in the backbone of this team.

As it has been proven so far, even if the team's evolutions were fluctuating, but his were very good, Andre Duarte. Andre Duarte is an excellent acquisition and I think that all the acquisitions made in the winter were inspired. So also Joao Paulo.

That's how it was from the beginning, for Ofri to play an innings. It was really a question mark because the field was very difficult”, said Mihai Stoica, according to fanatik.ro.

During his career, Ofri Arad also played for Hapoel Ramat Gan, Maccabi Haifa (both from Israel) and Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan). He is quoted by Transfermarkt at 1.2 million euros.