Sakhnin make last ditch addition to squad by signing Ravid Gazal

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Bnei Sakhnin start their season on Sunday with a tough game away at Hapoel Tel Aviv and as the opening weekend draws ever closer they are still making changes to their squad. Last night Sakhnin signed Israeli midfielder Ravid Gazal on a 1 year deal. In an official statement the club said: "We are glad to report on the joining of Ravid Gazal to the Bnei Sakhnin family, we believe that his vast experience and his high level of professionalism will help us during this upcoming season". Gazal who is currently 31-years-old has been a professional footballer for over 13 years in a career that saw him help Maccabi Haifa to the 04/05 Israeli Championship and Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona to the 11/12 Championship and in signing for Sakhnin has joined his 8th club. He played the second half of last season at Hapoel Be'er Sheva where he appeared in 11 league games and scored a single goal. Gazal also played 9 times for the Israel national team between the years 2004 and 2008. At Bnei Sakhnin manager Marco Balbul is expected to play Gazal as a defensive midfielder but will face competition from teammate Stephen Sunday who usually plays in that roll.

In other news the Israel Football Association has released all the Premier League fixture times for the opening weekend which will be played this coming Saturday and Sunday:
Akko vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (Saturday evening)
Hapoel Ra'anana vs Maccabi Petach Tikva (Saturday evening)
Hapoel Ramat HaSharon vs Hapoel Haifa (Saturday evening)
Bnei Yehuda vs M.S Ashdod (Saturday evening)
Beitar Jerusalem vs Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Saturday at 20:15)
Hapoel Tel Aviv vs Bnei Sakhnin (Sunday at 20:00)
Maccabi Haifa vs Ironi Kiryat Shmona (Sunday at 21:00)*
     ( * times of all games are subject to changes)