Although Maccabi Tel Aviv’s youth team is in second place in the table and lags behind leaders MS Ashdod by only a goal difference, today (Thursday) the club announced the end of the team’s coach from the beginning of the season and who last season was Patrick Van Leven’s assistant in the senior team, Uri Uncle.
Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Rishon Lezion 3: 6 on Tuesday and a previous round ended against the leader in a 1: 1 away game, except in a conversation with Walla! Sport Uri David claimed that the reason for his dismissal was political, only due to his connections with Van Leven who also ended his career at the club this season.
“I got into the politics of football coverage,” David told Walla! Sport, “I have been with Maccabi Tel Aviv for 14 years and I did not believe that Maccabi would fire me for personal motives. We are in first place in the table, so how do I get fired? The dismissals are only related to the fact that I am a man of Patrick van Levon.
“I’m really upset,” the sacked coach added, “it came as no surprise to me, but I did not believe I would end up like this when I’m in this cauldron. I’m really sad,” he concluded. According to the club’s announcement, the one who will lead the youth team in the upcoming game is Dedi Ben Dayan, the former defender and the one who served as his assistant.
Maccabi Tel Aviv responded to Uri David’s remarks: “Uri knows the reasons for his dismissal and they are not related to Patrick at all. Maccabi Tel Aviv does not usually publish reasons for dismissal in the media.”
Maccabi Tel Aviv may appoint Peter van den Berg as coach of its youth team, who was Patrick Van Levon’s assistant this season and left with the arrival of Mladen Krastić’s team.