After wearing the Israel National Team kit against Latvia and Poland, Dor Peretz joined his teammates at their training camp in Horst, Holland. On Wednesday, the Champion entered their 6th day of the camp and held a morning session as Peretz spoke about what he and his teammates have been experiencing since their arrival in Holland:

“It was a good break to rest, relax and come back with renewed energy as we look ahead to the new season.”

Training hard:
“This is only my second day in camp and I can say that the sessions aren’t easy and we are working very hard ahead of the new season, but this is just the beginning.”

The new kits:
The training kits are great and the match kits look fantastic. I can’t wait to play in them.”

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Maccabi Tel Aviv continued their preparations or the 2019/20 season at their training camp in Horst, Holland. On Tuesday, the 5th day of the camp, the club held a morning session as Dor Peretz, Dan Glezer and Yonatan Cohen joined Vladimir Ivic’s squad. The trio had a few more vacation days after representing Israel during the Euro qualifying campaign against Latvia and Poland.

After the new keeper Andreas Gianniotis arrived at camp on Saturday, Maccabi Tel Aviv entered the third day of the Holland camp. Just prior to the start of this morning’s session, Eliran Atar showed us all what he’s got despite the break as #16 still has his magical touch. Watch:

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The Maccabi Tel Aviv players continued their preparations for the new season at their training camp in Horst, Holland. The Yellow & Blue’s new keeper Andreas Gianniotis joined the squad after signing a 3-year contract.

Earlier in the day, Gianniotis arrived at the training camp with CEO Ben Mansford and Barak Itzhaki as the former introduced the Greek shotstopper to his new teammates. The keeper had a light training session while the rest of the players held their second session of the day under Coach Ivic.

“I’d like to formally introduce Andreas to the Maccabi family,” as Mansford welcomed the new keeper. “Last year is now gone and everybody wants what we have. Everyone wants the trophy and there is a target on our back more than ever because you were so good last year. They will want to beat us and they will want to hurt us and we must be ready.

The 26-year-old Greek keeper joined Maccabi on a free transfer from Olympiacos and has signed a-three-year-deal with the Club which includes an option to extend his stay by a further year.

Andreas Gianniotis, 190cm, who made 13 appearances in all competitions for Olympiacos last season, guiding the team to the Europa League group stage, joined the rest of the squad in their pre-season training camp at Horst Holland after successfully undergoing a medical and signing his contract.

Maccabi’s CEO Ben Mansford told the club’s official website: “Andreas was one of the most talented International Goalkeepers available across Europe this summer. Everyone at Maccabi is delighted that he saw becoming part of Maccabi as the next step on his already successful career. We are very impressed with Andreas from the moment we met him. Andreas is a grounded young man who has his very best years in front of him. Andreas is well known in Greece and has featured for the national side. Andreas spent time out on loan and was proclaimed the Goalkeeper of the Year in the 2016/17 season when Vladimir Ivic won the Coach of the Year award. I would like to thank Mitch for his continued support which enables us to attract players such as Gianniotis. Welcome Andreas”.

Gianniotis, joined Olympiacos as a 19-year-old and gained experience on loan at APO Fostiras and PAS Giannina before Olympiacos loaned him out to Panionios. The tall custodian was then voted keeper of the season at 2016/17 while similar success the following season at Atromitos earned him the best keeper award once again this time with another club. Gianniotis, who will wear the number 17 shirt at Maccabi, made 2 international appearances for the Greek national team and has 4 more appearances for his country’s U21 side.

Predrag Rajkovic, who joined Maccabi Tel Aviv FC in August 2015 from Red Star Belgrade completed his move to Stade de Reims of League 1 in France for an undisclosed fee.

Rajkovic, who travelled to Holland with the team for pre-season, was given permission to leave the camp and head for France where he joined Reims which finished last season 8^th in the table.

In the four seasons Rajkovic played at Maccabi, he won 1 League Championship, 2 Toto Cups, and played in the Champions League group stage and Europa League group stage on two more campaigns whilst keeping 97 clean sheets of the 202 appearances he made in all competitions.

Maccabi Tel Aviv’s CEO, Ben Mansford, told the club’s official website: “Rajko was a standout performer for Maccabi last year and he was rated as one of the best Goalkeepers in Europe. On top of this, Rajko has a quite impressive CV for a Goalkeeper of his age, which includes over 200 senior appearances and international recognition from Serbia. Therefore, it is no surprise there was interest in him and this resulted in offers from Stade de Reims and ultimately this transfer been concluded. Rajko has been a pleasure to have in the squad and his presence on and off the pitch will be missed but it is pleasing to have him leave his 4 years at Maccabi as a Champion. Thank you Rajko and good luck!”.

Vladimir Ivic’s squad held a Saturday morning training session at their camp in Horst, Holland as they focussed on fitness while also dribbling the ball as they ended with some shots on goal.