In the summer, Maher came to train with Telstar after he had contact with captain Danny Bakker. The two had met at a festival, after which Maher asked if he could get fit again at Telstar.
At the end of July he still reported ‘a trajectory’ to return as a footballer. He now regularly plays for an hour in practice matches.
Serious guy
Maher had his big break in 2010 at AZ. “After a month I thought: this is a serious guy,” says AZ coach Maarten Martens, who played with AZ. “You could immediately tell he had something special.”
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