Hi all Gers fans! I'm a Maccabi Haifa fan from Israel and was interested in what you fans have to say about the possibility of Hemed joining you. I'm a big fan of his, and very disappointed that he spent most of his career on loan (played for John Gregory's team last season actually..), and also that our management failed to extend his contract last year. I can tell you that there's nothing in the Israeli press that you don't know of, most of the updates are translated actually from the Scottish papers. Last update is that "signing in 48 hours" statement from yesterday. But the chances of him rejecting the move and deciding to stay with us and try to qualify for the Champions League are very slim. About him as a player, I can tell you that he's a very good striker, and as some of you seen from video clips, he's not the quickest but has good positioning, powerful, intelligent, scores with both feet, great with back to goal and has fantastic headers. He was only selected for the first time for the national team cause he played for minor clubs until this season. Also, he has a great attitude and is modest, unlike Kayal (who lied to our manager that he's injured and couldn't join our pre-season camp only to fly to Scotland and sign for your beloved neighbors). If he signs I think he'll be a good one, if given time to adapt. About the Work Permit, he recently submitted a request for a Polish passport (his mom was born there), but am not sure if he got that eventually, he had probably. But the most important thing you get from this deal is his girlfriend who'll probably join him!
