Where will my aid come from: the troubles of Betar Jerusalem | Israel Today

Twelve-and-a-half years have passed since the cup final between Betar Jerusalem and Maccabi Haifa, which ended with big celebrations for the yellow-blacks.

Betar Jerusalem is going through very difficult days on all fronts. It is embarrassed time and time again in the league, the players blame each other, but above all there is the uncertainty surrounding the future of the club - will the team be sold or not? Will there be a horizontal cut or not? Will they be released or sold? Will there be any money for salaries until the end of the season?

This pressure probably paralyzes some of the players during the games.

Some are very afraid of a big cut in case the group is not sold, some have already talked to their agents to see if it is possible to move a group, but the one who does not get this approach is Yossi Mizrahi.

The veteran coach, who went through everything in Israeli football and was called in to save the sinking ship, believes that despite all the concerns and background noises, the players should make the separation from the professional side, or at least want to try to make it.

In one of Mizrahi's many conversations with the players, he told them: "You are playing for your career. You have to be good to be taken for granted. The future of the club is at stake."

Only so far the situation has not changed, and this could be seen in the fallen game against MS Ashdod.

A source in Betar says: "It annoys Yossi Mizrahi that there are players hiding behind the situation, he needs to shock some players.

There is a situation that he will let the youth players open against Maccabi Haifa.

We must not snatch humiliation against them.

If we snatch which five can it can crush us. "In light of this, do not be surprised if a player like 18-year-old Liel Deri gets a chance in the senior team for the first time today.

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"The future of the club is at stake", Photo: Danny Maron

Regardless of the result that will be tonight at Sami Ofer, the capital decided to give a few more days of waiting for the sale of the group, before they implement their emergency plan.

This is because of the $ 4 million offer that Moshe Hogg received from a French-Jewish businessman, who began conducting a due diligence.

Chairman Eli Ohana and trustee Adv. Yitzhak Junger spoke yesterday, and they understand that the solutions to the situation need to be creative beyond large cuts of 50-40 percent of salaries.

This is because of the understanding that the players and employees will not be willing to cut such sums because the owner does not want to invest and wants to leave.

The emergency plan, if it is implemented, and may be so, in parallel with the negotiations for the sale of the team, will include deferral of payments and their deployment for next season, release of players with high contracts like Jesse Viankovic, and salary cuts have not been ruled out. There will be a cut - the amount will be refunded at the end of the season.

"It is difficult to live with this situation, it is impossible to know what will happen tomorrow. It affects us all, but we are trying to deal with everything," a source in Betar Jerusalem concluded.

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