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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Beitar get striker Teteh Bangura on loan from Bursaspor

Football:
Until recently it looked like Beitar Jerusalem would start the upcoming season with absolutely no attacking force but the signing of two strikers in the last five days has changed all of that. Last Thursday Beitar signed striker Itzik Cohen who was one of city rivals and second division club Hapoel Jerusalem's star players last season.
Teteh Bangura (uefa)
 Cohens signing has been followed up with the adding of Sierra Leonean striker Teteh Bangura after agreeing a loan deal with his current club Bursaspor that will see Beitar pay just 180,000 of the 500,000 Euro yearly salary that Bangura receives from the Turkish club. Bangura has been in the Bursaspor squad for the last two seasons and played 31 league games but only managed to score 6 times.
 "I have no doubt that Beitar fans, who I heard are very warming, will let me prove to them that the deal was worth it", said Bangura after the deal was completed, "I am the type of player who likes to play and not sit on the bench. The second that I realized that i wasn't wanted at the club (Bursaspor) I started looking for other places to go to".
The fact that the 23-year-old was not really wanted at the Turkish club was confirmed by the Sporting Chairman of Bursaspor who was quoted as saying: "At our club he didn't settle in".
Bangura is going to land in Israel on Thursday and start training strait away with the Beitar team and his expected new striking partner Itzik Cohen. Despite the fact that he didn't play so well in Turkey, before that bad stint he played for two different Swedish clubs where he scored an amazing 26 league goals in just 28 league games.
Beitar start their season on Saturday night (at 20:15) with a game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva. The match is supposed to be a home fixture for the Jerusalemites but the game will be played in Ramat Gan Stadium due to the fact that their usual home stadium, Teddy Stadium, is being repaired after its pitch was ruined in the Maccabiah Games opening and closing ceremony. It is not clear how many Beitar fans will attend the match but about 2,500 Be'er Sheva fans will make the long journey from the Negev capital to Ramat Gan.

In other news Maccabi Haifa defender Dekel Keinan and midfielder Ran Abukarat both signed new 3 year contracts at the club.

Preseason friendly results:
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1-1 Nazareth Illit

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