The dramatic affair of the summer in Israeli basketball came to an end today (Monday), when Tomer Ginat decided to return to Hapoel Tel Aviv and reject Maccabi's winking offer.
Ginat, 27, has played for Metropolitan for the past two seasons and has been very successful in its ranks.
The French team really wanted the player to continue, but the recently engaged forward decided together with his partner that he wanted to return to Israel.
The player decided that only an offer from the Euroleague or senior Eurocup team would be left in Europe.
Bayern Munich groped in February-March after Ginat excelled in the Israeli national team's games against Germany;
Wheelerban checked his condition towards the end of the season;
And Juventud Badlona, who finished a great season, also made an initial contact - but neither team made an actual offer.
About two weeks ago, Ginat finally decided to return to Israel.
A celebrating garden.
Heavy pressure was exerted on him from the red side, Photo: Liron Moldovan
Ginat informed Hapoel Tel Aviv a few weeks ago that if the team plays in the EuroCup he will certainly wear the red uniform (which indeed happened), but when he returned to Israel about a week and a half ago the plans changed. Maccabi immediately invited him to a meeting attended by the player and his father. - Owner Danny Federman, sports director Nikola Vujicic and head of the scouting department Avi Even.
At a meeting last Sunday, the three made it clear to Ginat that they are interested in him and see him as a key part of the new project they are building.
So Maccabi still thought that Xabi Pasqual would come, and the player made it clear that he wanted to play under the Spanish coach.
According to sources, if Pasqual had arrived, the forward would have signed in yellow without hesitation.
The next day, Ginat met with Hapoel Jerusalem officials - CEO Guy Harel and owner Eyal Chomsky - who made him a nice financial offer and told him they wanted to build the team around him. Ginat was impressed by the conversation with the two, but from the first moment it was clear that Jerusalem was inferior Yesterday the player returned a polite reply to Harel and announced that he had decided to reject the offer.
You came back all of a sudden, here you are at home 😍 pic.twitter.com/wzwRVkpaW1
- Hapoel Tel Aviv BC (@HapoelTLVBC) June 20, 2022
"Love never fails"
During all this time, Hapoel Tel Aviv put a lot of pressure on the player and put him in a big emotional turmoil. The fans started a campaign to keep him and sent him thousands of messages on the networks. Mercury up to 250-200 thousand dollars per season for five years.
The chairman of Hapoel Tel Aviv put pressure on him when he announced that if Ginat chose Maccabi, he would be like Gili Vermot and Shimon Gershon.
Ginat even deleted the Twitter app from his phone for a few days to get rid of all the noise.
In recent days, Maccabi has submitted a nice financial offer, which is estimated at $ 400-350,000 per season for three years, and also told him that it wants to position it as the face of the club in the coming years.
Oded Katash met with the actor on Saturday night, and the direction would have looked yellow.
Hapoel also realized that the chances were not in their favor and had already begun to think of possible alternatives.
On Sunday afternoon, Ginat met with coach Danny Franco who tried to convince him, later talked to Cohen again and then took a few hours of quiet to make a decision.
Today during the afternoon the player finally decided to go with the heart, chose his former team and caused complete madness among the Reds.
After the decision, Ginat set up Twitter again and tweeted: "Love never fails," adding a red heart.
The near and distant future will see if he made the right decision.
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