"Today is a sad day in Israeli football. Senior players in Betar Jerusalem will receive a unilateral dismissal notice (let's not put it into words, it is simply a breach of agreement).
"Players who support families, some or most of whom even come from abroad and have obligations created also because of the breach of contract, will have to start running around in legal institutions.
This is what the players' agent Ronen Katsav wrote this morning (Tuesday) following the dismal situation of Betar Jerusalem, which
is expected to say goodbye to some of its senior players during the day.
"I am not going to analyze the sad story of Moshe's rise and fall in Betar at the moment, and I'm not sure anyone could have predicted exactly, but here comes the main point of this column.
This is exactly why budget control was created to protect the player.
We see time and time again that this is not really happening.
I put the Tal era, at the beginning of its European path, in the Spanish revolt.
A modest team from the second division in Spain, a resourceless team that surprised and almost advanced to the first division, but eventually lost in the playoffs and remained in the sub-league, which financially shattered the club that actually gambled with a large investment above its size and failed to bet.
Richmond Boachi, Photo: Danny Maron
"The team went into disbandment, and Idan, who gave a great season through his best performance that season in Spain, signed with English Everton. Idan signed at the beginning of the season in Spain for a small registration fee in the Spanish players' organization, which turned out to be his most important signing in Spain. , A surprise awaited him in the mailbox: a check from the organization for the entire amount of debt incurred in front of him. No claims or arbitrations. To the appropriate institutions.Every euro used for players' salaries is controlled by the liquidity of the team owners and is not conditional on guessing how many tickets you will sell in the game.It is a work contract, not a casino bet, for those who did not understand.
The role of the control must change here - and immediately. Recommendations or assessments do not catch on. Every shekel must be backed up and protected. The international players 'organization that was for years the president of the Spanish players' organization. I suggest the organization contact him and try to learn the Spanish outline. Football, first and foremost, belongs to the crowd and the players, and if a huge crowd of a team like Betar is hurt and the players do not get what they deserve by law - then what is everything worth?
"The organization's silence, until now, just infuriates me. A strong organization disables the league or even creates a basic protest, of first minute not playing, as one would - rightly - want to do about violence on the pitches. The control in front of the players themselves, with all the necessary guarantees so that our football will not suffer from breakdowns or moods of one owner or another. "
Eran Zehavi, Photo: AP
Eran Zehavi, star of the Israeli national team and PSV Eindhoven, and perhaps the biggest star of Israeli football, responded: "Every word in the rock. It's time for them to understand that without the players and fans, this whole show called football can not exist. I have another suggestion: If "The club can fire players without compensation, maybe the players can do it too? We will see the club brave enough that one of its most important players will submit a letter of resignation to him, maybe this is how they will all understand and unite against this thing."
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