Betar Jerusalem is entering a critical two days regarding its future and whether it is on its way out of the hands of owner Moshe Hogg, after everything the group is going through. As we revealed yesterday at ONE, Bnei Yehuda owner Barak Abramov is in advanced negotiations to purchase the group from the capital. Abramov must first sell Bnei Yehuda in order for such a move to materialize. As we reported, Abramov is already negotiating the sale of the group from Leumit.
The obstacle for Abramov: He expects that the move initiated by the trustee, Adv. Yitzhak Junger, who applied to the Jerusalem Municipality for a loan / money Kadima at the expense of NIS 10 million, has been implemented. It is clear to everyone that such a move takes time, but for Abramov, Approval in principle will also suffice.
Abramov’s advantage: He knows Hogg well, he financed Yossi Aboksis’ employment as Betar coach last season, a move that saved the team from relegation. Abramov knows Hogg’s head and knows how to reach agreements with him. He can not break a word, that’s the advantage Abramov actually has.
On the other hand, there is the group of American-Israeli businessmen formed by the former mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, headed by Joshua Jacobi, which we also revealed at ONE. Jacoby, who came to Israel specifically for the purpose of conducting the negotiations, met on Thursday for about three hours with Adv. Junger and with the group’s CEO Moni Brosh. Yesterday he also asked for the completion of documents. “Looks very serious,” they say in the capital.
By the way, as we published, Barkat met about a week ago for a long meeting at his home with representatives of the group’s fans. When the team really liked the fact that the fans kept the meeting going on for over a week, they didn’t take it out until we posted about it.
A name that surprised everyone who came up in Jacoby’s group is that of Shai Yaakov, who was previously associated with Hapoel Afula. So it is said that Jacob has an American partner who is the one who is supposed to be the one to pour money in favor of taking the group.
The goal of the Jacobi team is to save Betar, to prevent the collapse of the club. If everything goes smoothly, the fans will see that they are indeed going with the team in terms of stopping demonstrations, etc., then in the future The team to fight for all the titles.
In his meeting with the fans, Barkat said, among other things: “It’s all up to you. If you become a property burden for the team, it will be able to do beautiful things. Betar, the city of Jerusalem, is something many would like to take, but they are now afraid.”
By the way, there were those who last night raised the possibility of connecting Abramov to the Jacobi group, all in favor of getting the group out of the hands of a celebrant. There is now optimism among Betar members that Betar will eventually be sold to Abramov or the Jacobi group, and that it will be able to embark on a new path.