"Klinger will not give up because the situation is difficult" Israel today

Against the background of the tension with the owner, officials in Khodorov are confident that the coach will not choose to leave the club. • The team will try to reach a new agreement with Gottlieb.

• Nir Klinger.

  Will not make muscle

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  Danny Maron

Despite the tensions created in recent days between Hapoel Tel Aviv coach Nir Klinger and the club's owner, due to the difficulties in signing new players, the coach does not intend to leave the team.

"Klinger will not give up and abandon because the situation is difficult," Hapoel officials said this morning (Wednesday).

The coach would have liked to see the brakeman Eddie Gottlieb sign with the team a long time ago, but the deal does not materialize due to the player's high demands, which could affect the players' budget and prevent the team from receiving funds from the Ministry of Finance's economic safety net. To fall by 30% compared to last year.

Hapoel is trying to reach a new agreement with Gottlieb: "He has already been burned by Hapoel's management and is not ready for it to happen to him again," the source said in detail.

It is possible that if the parties reach an agreement, then Hapoel will need to release a player or two from the squad.

If things do not go well with Gottlieb, an attempt will be made to sign Tal Kahila or Omri Ben Harush, who is also wanted by Bnei Yehuda.

Eddie Gottlieb.

Will reach Khodorov?

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As for signing other players, beyond Eddie Gottlieb, at least at this stage it seems that this is not really possible, but the management is working in all sorts of ways to change the situation quickly and that they will be able to sign more players.

If they succeed, the goal will be to sign the striker Guy Melamed, who, as first reported in "Israel Today", has already received a request from the management.

The one who is due to end his career in the next few days is the contact Omar Brown, who has not acclimatized professionally or socially, and the parties have been in talks for several days regarding the release of his contract.

As for Naban Kotlia, who is also having a hard time fitting in professionally, it seems the striker will get more opportunities from the professional team to impress them and maybe stay on his contract.

"We need some more time with Kotlia before we decide on him," Hapoel concluded.