On a Crossroads: The Fate of Betar Jerusalem at stake | Israel Today

What will happen to Betar Jerusalem? Will the team be sold or disbanded? Will it be run on a minimum budget or by a court trustee? There is no doubt that these are not easy days for the yellow-black fans, who see their team collapse before their eyes. Where to go from here.

First, in the last 24 hours, such and such reports have again begun to appear about a potential buyer in talks with Hogg, with the cumulative price of the deal being NIS 33 million, partly for day-to-day management and partly for debts, but in light of past cases, it is difficult to assess Make a round on the back of Betar and the media or if it is a real buyer.

Abacus.

Will the group survive ?, Photo: Danny Maron

What happens if there is no buyer soon?

As long as Betar is in the hands of Moshe Hogg, he can legally run the team on a minimum budget or a little more than a minimum budget, as we will immediately detail, without bringing a penny from home and certainly without going into liquidation. Every week, "but the club claims it will be a" strengthened youth group. "

So how can celebrating, through Adv. Yitzhak Junger, be able to run the team on a minimum budget or a little more? Note the numbers: The minimum budget in the Premier League is a little over NIS 9 million. From the sale of tickets to large foreign teams - such as Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv - is estimated at at least two million shekels, which is already enough to set a minimum budget. Add support from the municipality and sponsors, so you can reach 12 million. Selling a player, like Jordan Shua, the numbers could cross the 15 million mark.

Grechkin.

We will be defeated every week, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

The big question is how much of the total budget will go to the players' salaries?

And more importantly: how much money will be transferred to cover debts and liabilities?

Well, at this point the club members were instructed to prepare for the upcoming season according to a player salary budget of 8-7 million shekels, but a source in the team sounded skeptical: "If the player salary will be six million, let's say thank you. They will not leave, there is nothing to talk about at all. "

Betar fans, seeking salvation, Photo: Alan Shiver

So how do you raise a group on a budget like this?

The plan is to enlist the help of the big teams that will loan players and participate in their salaries, and bring in players from the National League and foreigners at prices of $ 7,000 per month.

Such a team of course would be a bottom team that is a candidate for relegation, and the fans are not willing to accept such a situation.

Fans against the chairman of the

control have a statutory option to demand a loyal appointment on behalf of the court, as long as it sees that the team simply will not be able to open the season financially.

Only a trustee or creditor who has a debt of more than 75,000 (players, employees, suppliers, etc., can quickly become creditors) can apply for liquidation.

Protest of the fans, Photo: Udi Citiat

The league administration is putting great pressure on the chairman of the control, Sigalit Sage, to complete all the tests regarding the economic situation of the team and make decisions on the issue of Betar as soon as possible.

This is to prevent serious injury to the club, the fans and of course the league itself.

It is estimated that the control will decide by the middle of the week or at the latest by next week, if it approves the same minimum budget despite the debts of tens of millions, or it will require a loyal appointment on behalf of a court.

I do not know about you, I do not believe in any spin, do not buy or stopover shoes, anyone who can come and demonstrate will come!

- Aviad (@_Aviad_) June 19, 2022

Meanwhile, the team's fans plan to hold several demonstrations this week against senior Israeli football players, in protest of the club's condition and the fact that owner Moshe Hogg is not leaving the team.

The first demonstration took place yesterday in front of the house of the association's chairman, Oren Hasson.

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