Universitatea Craiova dey prepare for new season with strong transfer move. Dem don almost complete deal to sign Heri Tavares, 29-year-old striker from Cape Verde. According to reports, di player go sign contract wey go last for three years for di club from Bănie.
Heri Tavares dey come from Maccabi Netanya for Israel. Di transfer go cost Craiova owner Mihai Rotaru around one million euros. But di money no go all go to Maccabi Netanya. Estoril Praia, wey be Tavares former club, go also get some percentage from di deal.
Tavares get interesting football background. Na for Portugal, for Amadora, dem born am. E start football for Estrela academy, then after one year e go Sporting, where e stay for eight years. For im last year as junior, between 2015 and 2016, e play for Belenenses. After that, Benfica buy am.
Di attacker no play any minute for Benfica main team, but e get important role for di B team. E play 84 matches for Benfica B, score 29 goals and give 10 assists. After two years for Benfica B, e go on loan to Moreirense and Boavista. Then e go to Brest for France, but e no fit settle, so after only four matches for France, dem loan am back to Portugal, to Famalicao.
For Famalicao e play one year, then dem loan am to Spain, to Ponferradina, where e play for one season. After Spain adventure, e go to Estoril, and after one year e go to Israel, to Maccabi Netanya. From there e dey come to Craiova.
Craiova dey prepare for Champions League qualifiers. Di club win di title after 35 years of waiting, and dem go start from first preliminary round for July. Dem go face winner between FK Borac Banja Luka from Bosnia and PFC Levski Sofia from Bulgaria.
Tudor Băluţă, Craiova player, talk say di team dey train hard for Europe. E say: “We dey work very hard for training camp. We get friendly match two days ago, and we go get another one. We dey try to reach high level. Time no too long, we need to accumulate as much as possible.” E also talk about Super Cup: “E go be nice, especially we go play at home again, in front of our fans. To win three trophies in one year na something special. Na our goal, we dey think about am.”
Craiova also dey plan to present both Heri Tavares and Simon Elisor soon. Di club dey continue strong transfer campaign before new season.
