Maccabi Tel Aviv will meet Katsch again, will the arrival of Blatt affect Wilbkin?

The Yellows want to close the last edges with the designated coach and try to reach an agreement with him on the issue of assistant as well.

Blatt is in direct contact with Wilbkin and his combination may "devour the cards."

The following decisions: whether to keep Keenan Evans, and how to proceed with Tomer Ginat

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16/06/2022

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David Blatt with Nikola Vujicic and Avi Even after returning to Maccabi Tel Aviv (Instagram Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Maccabi Tel Aviv hopes today (Thursday) to take another step towards the appointment of Oded Katash as the team's coach.

The club estimated that today the last conditions of the coach will be closed, who will return for a second term after standing on the lines at the hall in the 2007/08 season.

"We assume that there will be no big surprises and that we can start sitting down already in the evening or during Friday on decisions that must be made regarding the situation of the players," the team said last night.

Aside from some disagreements over the financial issue and length of the contract, one of the questions that arises in conversations between the parties concerns the identity of the assistant coach.

Maccabi Tel Aviv are interested in adding a foreign assistant coach, while Katsch has named Yonatan Alon, the professional manager of Hapoel Galil Elyon, with whom he worked at Hapoel Jerusalem.

At this stage, no appeal has been made to Alon, but Maccabi Tel Aviv hopes to reach an agreement with Katsh on this issue.

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Katsch (Photo: GettyImages, BSR Agency)

Apart from Katsch, Maccabi surprised last night when it announced the addition of David Blatt to the position of chairman of the team's professional committee and external consultant to the club. Blatt has been in constant contact with Maccabi's management in recent years, Last night,

Blatt will head a team that will include the team coach, sports director Nikola Vujicic, head scout Avi Even and his assistant Yair Shevach, and will help build the team and various professional questions and issues that arise before and during the season.

One of the first issues Blatt will have to consider soon is the issue of Scotty Wilbkin.

The Yellows' guard is in advanced talks with Barcelona about joining the club, while the Turkish Fenerbahce has also expressed interest in him before.

On the other hand, Blatt has a personal connection with Wilbkin whom he coached with great success at Drushafka.

Last night, Maccabi did not rule out that Blatt's addition will also shuffle the cards regarding Wilbkin.

Will help keep the star?

Blatt in the center (Photo: official website, Instagram Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Other players for whom Maccabi Tel Aviv will have to make a decision soon are Keenan Evans (who holds an exit option), Jaylen Reynolds who holds a contract but the parties are interested in parting, Jake Cohen whose status is unclear even though he is signed for another season, and Oz Blazer who ended a contract.

The team wants to add Tomer Ginat, and despite talks with his representative, no official offer has yet been submitted to the player.

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