Maccabi Tel Aviv have marked their return to the group stages of the Champions League with the record signing of goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic.
The 19-year-old became the most expensive goalkeeper to join a Ligat Ha’Al club after signing from Red Star Belgrade’s for a record fee of €3m on a five-year deal.
After being placed in a group alongside Chelsea, Porto and Dynamo Kiev, Maccabi fought off Hamburg and Galatasaray to sign the captain of the Serbia under-20 World Cup winning team.
Maccabi have also brought in Croatian forward Dejan Radonjic and Daniel Lifshitz on season-long loans as they spent some of their £13 million European windfall to bolster their ranks ahead of the trip to Chelsea on September 16.
To get more from Life, click here to sign up for our free Life newsletter.