The long saga of recent weeks probably ends in great disappointment for Maccabi Tel Aviv, after it became known that Xavi Pasqual, the most preferred candidate for the club's management, will not come to Israel. The Spanish coach has already closed all his terms at Maccabi, but Zenit demanded astronomical compensation The last-minute deal is now in the midst of a quick search for a new coach.
Possible candidates.
Maccabi has made it clear in recent days that even if Pasqual does not arrive in the end, "by the end of the week" there will be a new coach.
The urgency of appointing a coach is because there is a desire to start building the staff.
Most of the teams in Europe have already started moves towards next season, while Maccabi is behind.
Xavi Pasqual.
Will stay in Zenith, Photo: Twitter
As far as is known, the team members did not contact another coach until the last few days, and threw all their love on the Spanish option.
After the apparent fall of the Pasqual deal, Maccabi was left without a senior option, and therefore - there is a significant chance that it will turn to the Israeli market.
Oded Katash is the leading candidate, and advanced contacts are already being made with him.
In the foreign sector, a recently reported name is the name of Croatian Valimir Prasovic, who coached Kazan this season and is not expected to continue.
From tests we conducted, no contacts were made with the coach, and he is not supposed to arrive in Israel.
According to sources, Dusan Olimpayevich, who appeared in the foreign media as a candidate, is not on the lists and is not expected to attend, mainly due to his young age (36) and his lack of experience in big clubs.
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans. Some will boycott the club ?, Photo: Alan Shiber
Like in 2017
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Maccabi is planning a big revolution in the player roster, like the one they did after the failed 2016/17 season, when with the exception of Itai Segev - all the players were replaced.
Apparently, only Roman Sorkin, and possibly Scotty Wilbkin (depending on the player's decision and the offers he faces), will remain, and there is a low chance of Keenan Evans.
Following the failure on all fronts in the last two years, Maccabi wants to build a better quality staff that will return the team to the track of success.
To please the fans
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The club is well aware of the disappointment of the fans, and there is a fear of a significant drop in the number of subscribers for next season.
Due to this, among other things, the owners were willing to invest large sums of money in Pasquale, knowing that the fans prefer the Spanish coach over any other candidate, as came up, as will be recalled, in the fan poll we conducted during the season.
Now Maccabi will move to program B, and will try to land some senior players in Tel Aviv to excite the crowd, and the team intends to invest large sums of money in this.
Professional manager Nikola Vujicic and scouting department head Avi Even have a list of potential candidates, shelved due to Pasquale’s desire to bring in “his own” players, and she is now expected to be pulled out again and get into action, along with the new coach to arrive.
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