Guy Ben Ziv
Betar players celebrate (Radad Jabara)
Now, after Beitar Jerusalem has finally stayed in the league following the 2-2 draw against Maccabi Petah Tikva, the club will start working in the future. Two options are currently on the table for Jerusalem chiefs and the owner’s representative, lawyer Yitzhak Junger: selling the club or opening a season with a budget of income only, with the estimate that Beitar can play next season without an owner investing on a budget of around NIS 20 million. H.
“The sale of the team is back on the agenda once the team has finally stayed in the league, if that does not happen, the option to open the season with an income and expense budget is definitely possible,” say the club’s management. One of the things that is taken into account in Beit Vagan is that Moshe Hogg will not be in a hurry to go into liquidation because he has an interest in owning the club as long as they allow him in control to set a budget based on income only.
It should be remembered that a team like Betar, with a meager budget, will not pass a share with the fans who intend to increase the protests against the owner Moshe is celebrating this summer. And there was also a game yesterday, where Betar completed its mission and stayed in the league, and that happened two rounds before the end of the season. Liran Rotman scored a pair of goals and was one of the standouts in the game.
Rothman He said: “There are people in the club who will know how to do good for the team, who will not give up, I am convinced of that. Everyone wants to stay in Betar and so do I, I love the club and the people and I very much hope that I can continue. What’s good about the club is the huge crowd and the intensities, even in the less good times. The training was at a high pace with Yossi Aboksis, it raised the level, we came together at the locker room level and that is what made the change. I give a lot of respect to Erwin Koeman and Yossi Mizrahi, just when Aboksis arrived, a change and connection was created that was reflected. “
In Jerusalem, coach Yossi Aboksis is marked as almost entirely responsible for the team remaining in the league: “Yossi is the greatest gift that Betar fans received this season, if he did not come, who knows what situation we would be in here. “It’s not only his faith, the experience and the energy he put into the club, it’s also a lot of tactical and professional work with players that were dismantled until he arrived,” they concluded in Jerusalem.
Aboakis himself concluded: “I for my part will do everything to stay here, I am very well connected to the place and the system, I am happy and enjoying, I want to continue this enjoyment. I wish everything would work out and we would be a good team. A team, not everything is money, needs hungry players and those in Betar are hungry to succeed.
He added: “Zargari is one of the greatest professionals I have seen. He was in a less good time, did not witness a camp and got into a difficult situation for the team, as a young player he lost confidence and I decided to take pressure off him. To me, ‘You saved Betar Jerusalem,’ but Betar also saved me, it’s mutual, I say thank you to Betar for helping me get out of the situation I was in, it’s mutual. “
In the next two games, it seems that Aboksis will allow players who have not had many minutes this season to play, one of them is Aviel Zargari who has barely played in recent months and Betar has an interest in restoring the boy’s confidence and getting him involved after a difficult season with a lot of bad luck. In light of the talent he has and a bothersome back injury since the start of the season.
