"If they offer me the money of this world, I will not set foot in the land of Israel." Thus, the Mauritanian national football star, Hassan El-Eid, player of Spain's Valladolid team, refused to sign many attractive professional offers in Israeli clubs.
And the feast (22 years) - in press statements yesterday Saturday - that the Zionist teams have sought to contract him for nearly three seasons when he was wearing the shirt of the Spanish Levante team.
The player stressed that he categorically rejects any Zionist offer, and considers this a disgrace, even if it leads him to return to play in the Mauritanian league.
"I will not contract any Israeli club, even if they offer me the money of the world, I will not set foot in the land of Israel," the player said in a telephone interview broadcast by the Mauritanian "BlueMedia" channel on YouTube.
Spanish media reported that the Ashdod Tel Aviv club made an offer to join Eid from Valladolid, which is the most prominent player in the national team of his country currently, and the first Mauritanian player to recognize the Spanish league.
Valladolid is 15th in the Spanish league, winning four games and drawing six, out of twenty games it has played so far.