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Avraham Grant: "I wanted to coach the Israeli team, but they did not contact me at all"

The former national team coach addressed the issue of the search committee on 103FM's sports program: "I do not know what happened there, there are rumors. I wanted to come back because I thought it was an unusual opportunity."

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Avraham Grant, a former coach of the Israeli national team and who was on the list of candidates for coaching the national team this time as well, before the appointment of Willy Rotensteiner, was interviewed tonight (Sunday) for the 103FM sports program and referred to the locating committee in question and his candidacy.

Grant admitted: "I do not know what happened there, there are rumors. The facts are that on Wednesday, I think, decided it would be just an Israeli coach and determined it after deep thought. That the candidates would face a search committee. Then on Friday morning they announced that they had decided the opposite, that the coach The technical will be the coach. They said it was after deep thought, so I guess they sat on it for 48 hours. I wanted to coach the Israeli team at this point, it's no secret, but it did not come at all. Do not contact me at all. The processes need to be done In a more serious way, you can learn how things were done in Iceland or Germany. "

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Listen to an interview with Abraham Grant on the sports program

For not wanting to go to the search committee, Grant said: "This argument was without being asked. When I wanted to coach the team, I thought things would be welcome. I do not know what will happen until then. For 15 years I did not want for any reason to be here, and I thought things were. "We changed. There was something very strange here. I came after many years. I wanted to contribute from my experience. I think this is an unusual opportunity, and it did not happen. So I continue on my way, what to do?"

About the team: "There is good material today, players scoring goals at the front and that is one of the most important things we can have, that we did not have for many years. And the teams in front of us are not in heaven. In my campaign we faced stronger teams, not one game. "We didn't have two goals. I thought it was possible to do it this time, so I wanted to come back after so many years and help the team. For a long time, the team did not have an offensive part like today. It did not happen and there is nothing to tread on."