Erez Kalfon: "People work around the clock and in the end the police are unable to protect them" | Israel today

At the age of 50, Erez Kalfon claims that he has not yet completed all the tasks he has in Israeli football.

In a special holiday interview with "Israel Today", he reveals for the first time some of his many plans for Israeli football in the near future.

"I think we have to reduce the top two leagues for a lot of reasons. First of all the level reasons, there are not enough good teams for the first two leagues in Israel at the moment and we are committed to maintaining the level, we started this process and it has other reasons around, like "From the day I took office, we have always shown results and I think that in this matter as well, even if it takes time, we will see results soon."

Kalfon also refers to the violence on the pitches last year and explains what next season will look like: "When you throw a pig's head in the house of the owner of Hapoel Tel Aviv or curse Barak Abramov, the owner of Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, I can not sleep at night because of it.

People come who invest their money and time and work 24 hours around the clock for the group and in the end the police are unable to protect them neither on the field nor in their home because the hooligans are developing methods to escape to the police in and out of the stands.

We are on the way to eradicating violence in Israeli football, with fines starting next year of NIS 5,000 in the stands themselves by a police officer, following the reform that will allow the officer authority in the event to handle and fine the place.

I want to see a minor come to his father with a fine, and he will not give him two slaps for this behavior at best.

"There are 500 hooligans in total in all the league teams, which should be entered with all their might and given the opportunity to address the problem."

Hapoel Tel Aviv owner Sharon Nisnov, Photo: Udi Citiat

On the state of Israeli football, Kalfon says: "The principal set standards that made it one of the most stable and spacious bodies in the corona. We were much more stable in the corona than many sectors and responsibilities in Israeli society, Good luck with football during an epidemic. "

Kalfon also refers in the interview to the Moshe Hogg affair, his fear of Yaakov Shachar leaving Maccabi Haifa and his desire to see the penalties for the radius and the closure of the stands stop.

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