It is still unclear how Sheikh al-Qassimi's financial support will affect the club's ownership outline. • What is certain is that a resident's family did not really take a step back from running the club, as it announced two months ago.
Hapoel Tel Aviv fans. Can you be optimistic?
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Alan Shiver
Is Hapoel Tel Aviv heading for a new economic era?
Yesterday (Thursday) we announced that Boaz, a resident, signed as part of his company UMBRELLA ADVISORS an agreement with the office of Sheikh Khalid al-Kasimi, who owns a large investment group in the Emirates. Of Israeli companies in Dubai, investments in real estate, infrastructure and sports.
At the moment it is not clear whether such financial support of this magnitude can lead to changes in the ownership structure of the club, which at this stage is owned by the brothers Itzik and Sharon Nisnov, Meir Toshav and Zeev Greenberg.
Fans of the team plan to protest in the morning practice against the Nisnov brothers.
What is certain is that a resident family, which only two months ago announced that it would step aside when it comes to the day-to-day management of the club, did not really take a step back and it is not just because of the agreement in question.
This week, the team signed Eddie Gottlieb, after a particularly difficult negotiation that lasted weeks, much thanks to the intervention of Boaz Resident, who according to sources at the club was the one who managed to mediate between the parties and get the player to sign with the team.
So who is the al-Qassimi family?
The family's business center is located in London and is managed by a company called "private office", and is active in several industries including construction and investment.
It controls the third largest city in the Emirates, Sharjah.
Apart from Hapoel Tel Aviv and Betar Jerusalem, which aroused interest in the Gulf, we will probably hear about other clubs looking for their luck where the big money is.
It is important to note that Israeli companies in the construction industry are already operating in the Emirates and of course in Qatar, where the next World Cup games will be played.
