The Spanish club Barcelona announced the signing of the circle player in the Qatar national handball team, Youssef Ben Ali, to become the second Arab player in the team's ranks after the Egyptian star Ali Zain.
And Barcelona said - in an official statement yesterday, Friday - that Ben Ali, aged 34, joined the Blaugrana from Qatar's Al Arabi Club, for only one month.
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📌 Youssef Ben Ali, nova incorporació del Barça
🔗 Tots els detals: https://t.co/UEq8fXRZxm
➡️ Youssef Ben Ali, nuevo fichaje del Barça
✍️ Los detalles de su llegada: https://t.co/UskMfbrDcS
🔵🔴 #ForçaBarça pic.twitter.com/ItlpoNW5Xv
— Barça Handbol (@FCBhandbol) November 19, 2021
The Qatari player - of Tunisian origin - said in statements to the official website of Barcelona: "It is a very special and beautiful feeling. I am very happy to join this club. I came with specific goals, and I want to give my best here."
🎙️ Les primeres paraules de Youssef Ben Ali com a blaugrana:
➡️ "Es un sentimental molt especial i bonic. Estic molt filiç d'unir-me al club"
➡️ “Vull sumar al màxim i tinc objectius concrets” pic.twitter.com/mNryb85MiA
— Barça Handbol (@FCBhandbol) November 19, 2021
A number of tweeters celebrated this move, noting that he is a very special player, and he can provide the addition that the team needs from his first day in Barcelona.
Ben Ali came to Catalonia to compensate for the absence of Portuguese player Luis Frade, who had an anterior cruciate ligament injury, and who will be out as a result of this injury until the end of this year.
Annabi player Youssef Ben Ali signs with Barcelona for handball
👍🤾🏻 ♂️💙❤️🇶🇦 https://t.co/xTEEs6m6ao
— khaled Waleed (@khaledwaleed99) November 19, 2021
Refuerzo temporal hasta diciembre del Barça por la lesión de Luis Frade.
Youssef Ben Ali es un buen refuerzo de experiencia y físico que ayudará desde el primer día.
https://t.co/xVruLsXhR0
— Gerard Solé (@gsole14) November 19, 2021
Bravo Youssef 🇹🇳💪 https://t.co/XgYAVsJbt5
— Firas Fakhfakh (@FirasFakhfakh) November 19, 2021
.@FCBhandbol hace oficial el fichaje del pivote de origen tunecino pero internacional catarí Youssef Benali hasta final de año con opción de quedarse hasta final de temporada.
El jugador suplirá al lesionado @frade_98 https://t.co/cZdNvzLZ7t
— Jorge Dargel Amigo (@DargelMARCA) November 19, 2021