# @ussoccerplus on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-03-07T20:53:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 𝐔𝐒 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬 (@ussoccerplus) — https://gondola.cc/ussoccerplus

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Charlotte FC have completed their record signing, paying around $8 million to bring Israeli winger Liel Abada from Celtic.

Abada won five trophies with Celtic. He will now be the Young Designated Player for Charlotte.

The 22-year-old is highly-rated and a lot were expected from him at Celtic. However, he felt uneasy at the club after many Celtic supporters have shown support for Palestine. 🇵🇸

Abada was also reportedly verbally abused on the streets of Glasgow few times by Celtic fans, and although he was met with great reception at the stadium when he returned from injury in December, he had “no choice but to leave”— according to Avi Luzon, who is the President of Maccabi Petah Tikva, a former club of Abada.

“On a personal level, Liel Abada felt very bad with everything that was happening, including the indignation of the fans on the street towards him - more than once. The fans treated him disgustingly and left him no choice,” Luzon told Sport 5.

“I’m happy for him that he found a good place. Brendan Rodgers wanted him, they upgraded his contract in the summer with twice as much salary. So they did want him at the beginning of the season.”

“Liel felt unwelcome, there were hostile looks and it’s not nice to feel that.”

[Via Anthony Kyaw]

#lielabada #celticfc #palestine #charlottefc #mls #ussoccer

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charlottefc, palestine, lielabada, ussoccer, mls, celticfc

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