Behind the scenes: the conditions set by Rotensteiner and the criteria for the next coach

The requirements that the association found difficult to meet, Hasson's preferences for a replacement and the clear goal for the upcoming campaign.

The reasons for parting with the Austrian and everything that will happen with the coach of the Israeli national team

Yaniv Tuchman

07/02/2022

Monday, 07 February 2022, 16:00

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Until May, the Football Association will appoint a coach for the Israeli national team in place of Willy Rotensteiner, who finished his job today (Monday), when the clear priority will be for a foreign coach.

The budget will be about 250,000 euros net per season, the amount the Austrian won.

Marco Belbul will in any case be the one to coach the team against Germany and Romania next month, but will most likely not receive a permanent appointment.

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Willy Rotensteiner has finished his career as the coach of the Israeli national team

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Already last weekend, the chairman of the Football Association, Oren Hasson, informed Rotensteiner that he would not continue for another term.

This morning, the two met at the association's offices and finally agreed on what would go out to the media when the head of the association's information department, Shlomi Barzel, was called to draft the statement that came out to the press.

A replacement will be found by May.

Willy Rotensteiner (Photo: Danny Maron)

Two main reasons led to the breakup: The first is that Hasson felt he wanted to give another professional a try to take the next step and break through the boundaries of the big tournament that the national team has failed to conquer for decades.

The next coach will receive as a clear task - immigration to Euro 2024.

The second reason that led to the parting from Rotensteiner, is the imposition of conditions and requirements on the part of the outgoing coach, which the association could not fulfill.

Rotensteiner has not come to meetings with Hasson in the past two months and said "take me".

In all the meetings he talked about the means he was asking for and without which it would be difficult for him to meet the task.

These are conditions that were difficult for the association to meet and they added crucial specific weight to the decision to separate.

Rotensteiner's demands were great.

Oren Hasson (Photo: Official website, The Football Association)

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It should be noted that the relationship between Rotensteiner and Hasson was excellent and remained very good even after the latter's decision.

Professionally Hasson will now hope to achieve more than he has appointed, and it will take him three months to choose the man he finds most suitable to meet the goals of the Football Association.

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