Maccabi Tel Aviv will not make decisions based on the league, Pasqual and Ginat on the target

The Yellows return to the league against Hapoel Jerusalem ("The best thing that happened to us, the players know the meaning") and most of the decisions for next season have already been made.

The Spanish coach may arrive if he leaves Zenit, Wilbkin stays, debating about Evans, Zizic will move to Turkey?

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01/05/2022

Sunday, May 01, 2022, 11:30 p.m.

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Maccabi Tel Aviv owner Udi Recanati (Photo: Yotam Ronen, Editing: Tal Reznik)

Five days after the end of the series against Real Madrid, while two Euroleague series are preparing for the fifth and decisive game, Maccabi Tel Aviv will return to the Premier League tonight (Sunday, 21:00) when it hosts Hapoel Jerusalem in the upper house.

The Yellows expect two more games until the opening of the playoff quarterfinals, against Hapoel Galil Elyon on Saturday night away, and against Hapoel Haifa at home next Monday, when if they win all the games they will finish in first place in the table and gain the home advantage throughout the playoffs.

The team has admitted in recent days that it has not been easy for them to recover from the big disappointment in the Euroleague series, and hope that they will be able to make the move to the league smoothly, and without the tension that may come.

"The best thing that happened to us was that we play after this series against Hapoel Jerusalem," said one of the Maccabi men over the weekend. "The players know the meaning of the game, and the importance of a game against Hapoel Jerusalem. In a game against a less attractive team, it could have More problematic. "

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Coming soon to Turkey?

Zizić (Photo: Maor Elkelsi)

The professional team decided not to register Kyrie Thomas, Angelo Cloiaro and Jaylen Reynolds ahead of the game.

The three may still play in the last two games left in the top house, but the five foreigners who registered for tonight's game are the top five with which Maccabi is supposed to run throughout the playoffs unless there are injuries or other problems along the way.

Unlike previous years, when the good ability of one player or another during the end of the season in the Premier League arranged him a contract for next season, this time the situation seems to be different.

Scotty Wilbkin is the only foreigner who holds a contract with no exit option for next season and he will also continue, with Maccabi also interested in continuing with Ante Zizic, but his exit option may lead him to one of the biggest in Turkey.

As for Keenan Evans, there is some hesitation, with the series against Real Madrid slightly deteriorating its status.

All the other foreign players are expected to finish their way in the summer.

Will he return to Israel?

Ginat (Photo: GettyImages, Nikola Krstic / MB Media)

In the Israeli sector, Maccabi is expected to step up its efforts to add Tomer Ginat from the French Metropolitan.

At this stage, it seems that Ginat prefers the option of staying in Europe, but sources in the group estimate that for the right amount he will agree to return to Israel.

Yiftach Ziv, John Dibertolomeo and Roman Sorkin are set to continue with the squad, while no final decision has been made regarding Jake Cohen, even though the player has a contract for another season.

In the coaching sector, Maccabi's tendency at the moment is to sign a foreign coach, at which point the No. 1 candidate is Xavi Pasqual, who may leave Zenit at the end of the season due to the lack of clarity surrounding the team's participation in the various European factories.

Andrea Trinkieri's success at Bayern Munich has not gone unnoticed by Maccabi Tel Aviv, and he is considered a leading candidate as well, but Maccabi will prefer to see Pasquale ahead of him on the lines.

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