This is an interesting move for him.. Just for context, they’re one of the most followed and supported clubs in israel, mainly from the “left” leaning Israelis, they often have banners of the hammer and a sickle and che Guevara (the hapoel movement were formed by the early unions).
They got relegated to the second division a few seasons ago for the first time after being badly mismanaged for many years, and it was a big deal in Israel.
Their fans are incredibly demanding, a day before big derby games, their fan show up and support the team as they train with flares and songs but will turn onto the players, coach and ownership if results don’t go their way (which has been often in recent season). Stefan is going into a very “hot” and sometimes violative environment in which a few bad results it can be a very very uncomfortable place to be, so he needs to be thick skinned…
I went to their game against cross city rivals Maccabi tel aviv a few weeks back, and they’re quite a bad team, their foreign players who get paid quite a decent amount are especially targeted of the fan insults if things don’t go their way, however their facilities, stadium and working conditions are world class, and far better then Nof Hagalil, who are quite poor and almost amateurish in how they operate
