The suit of threats: Abu Younes has given up threatening to leave football
Izzy Sharetzki's promises, Yoav Katz's "insanity", Alona Barkat's political episode, Eyal Segal's posts and the Nisanov brothers' letter.
The exciting comeback of Abu Younes, who only two months ago announced his departure from Sakhnin, reminded us of other active group leaders who were helped by the popsicle seller's mantra
Tomer Yitzhak
10/21/2022
Friday, October 21, 2022, 4:00 p.m
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Watch: Muhammad Abu Younes, chairman of Bnei Sakhnin, attacks referee David Foxman in an interview after the game (Sport 1)
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Although Bnei Sakhnin lost 1:0 to Maccabi Tel Aviv last Saturday night, the "star of the cycle" came from its ranks: Muhammad Abu Younes.
The chairman went down to the locker room to shout at referee David Foxman ("Give him a yellow shirt! Aren't you ashamed? You have no shame"), returned to the court to attack him in a television interview as well, continued to slander accusations the next day and, as is customary in our districts, went up for an encore on Wednesday, at home The disciplinary law of the football association.
Everything seems natural and understandable: a chairman fiercely defends his team, whose approach is failing (even if the photographs proved otherwise).
Only one thing is forgotten by heart: this is the same Abu Younes who about two months ago declared that he was leaving football immediately.
On August 10, after explaining why he decided to leave after about 11 years on the job ("My strength is at zero, I take everything to heart"), Abu Younes was asked on the 103fm sports program if his decision was final.
To this he replied: "It's not 'hold me'. It's final.
The weekly show proved otherwise, and not for the first time.
Inspired by Abu Younes, we returned to additional cases in which team leaders in the Premier League took the approach of the popsicle seller and shouted in front of everyone: "I'm going".
All of them, by the way, are still here.
Izzy Sheretzky - 24 years as owner of Kiryat Shmona Urban
Kiryat Shmona city owner Izzy Sharetzky (Photo: Shlomi Gabai)
March 2015:
Ironi Kiryat Shmona lost for the fourth time in a row (2:1 to Beitar Jerusalem) but most of all the racist chants towards Eli Desa were clouding. Sheretzky claimed that no one except the defender heard the chants, but asked to wait for the referee's report and emphasized: The day there are racist chants, I will leave the club."
Judge Roy Reinschreiber noted the chants and added that "Desa threatened to get off the field".
It was just a threat, just like the possibility of Shretsky leaving.
November 2016:
The disappointing results made Schertzky consider not only the release of all the foreigners, but also his departure.
"I don't enjoy it," he explained to Walla!
sport.
"Maybe 18 years is enough."
September 2019:
Following a disappointing start to the season, Sharetzky wanted to transfer the management rights in Kiryat Shmona to CEO Yossi Adri. "I'm leaving Kiryat Shmona and football as well," he announced. also deal with management.
Izzy loves football first and foremost."
September 2021:
A fight with the tax authority after an appeal was rejected regarding eligibility for tax benefits, caused Schertzky to announce in an interview: "If the appeal is not accepted, I'm leaving Kiryat Shmona.
I regret every shekel I put in." No one was surprised when Sheretzky showed up as usual for the press conference that opened the 2022/23 season.
Yoav Katz - 18 years as owner of Hapoel Haifa
Yoav Katz, owner Hapoel Haifa (Photo: Shlomi Gabai)
June 2014
: The high financial costs demanded by the municipality for the use of the new stadium, led Katz to announce that Hapoel Haifa would host in Acre and then to threaten to leave.
About two months later, Hapoel Haifa was the one to inaugurate the stadium in the Toto Cup match against Hapoel Acre.
June 2015:
Katz was angry at the disconnection between coach Tal Benin and CEO Ephraim Gabai, did not find a solution and of course threatened to leave. "I'm tired of this nonsense," he told YNET.
Maybe I'll just get up and leave." The argument continued until a confrontation that almost turned physical in December. Benin and Gabbay were suspended and later fired.
July 2018:
The text message affair provoked great anger in Katz, who in response threatened to leave. "I still haven't decided whether to stay or not, I'm undecided." He said in an interview with Radio Haifa. "I did not agree to talk to the players, that they should do a soul-searching." The players apologized the next day, the threat was removed.
May 2019:
Katz turned to the budget control to examine options for leaving.
He explained to Radio Haifa: "I will leave in an orderly manner. It won't happen overnight. Maybe this year or maybe two more years."
March 2020:
At the beginning of the Corona crisis and in light of the need to take care of his business in the US, Yoav Katz announced the transfer of the management rights of Hapoel Haifa to a trustee, attorney Elad Meiri.
The decision was not to leave but to move aside, but he did not hold either.
The trustee, by the way, abandoned after five days.
Alona Barkat - over 15 years as owner of Hapoel Beer Sheva
Alona Barkat owns Hapoel Beer Sheva (Photo: Danny Maron)
March 2010:
Following the violent incident during which Hapoel Be'er Sheva fans attacked coach Guy Azouri, Barkat announced that it would part ways with the club at the end of the season.
"I decided to leave the group, I saw that I could not continue like this," she said then.
"Azuri's departure was a red line. The team is not mine but the fans'. I received a mandate from them and I tried to do the best. They didn't think like me, and that's it."
After two months passed, and after extensive support she received from the audience, she called another press conference and announced: "The fans have changed, I'm staying."
February 2019:
The political transfer window was boiling, during which the New Right Party announced a flashy purchase.
Alona Barkat was placed third in the party of Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked, and entrusted Hapoel Beer Sheva to Asi Rahamim.
"I will keep all the commitments, Hapoel Beer Sheva will remain in my heart forever."
The new party failed at the ballot in April, and while Bennett was still looking for the lost ballots, Barkat had already returned to Be'er Sheva.
At the beginning of the Corona crisis and following the players' refusal to sign the salary cut agreement, Barkat announced the departure of Hapoel Beer Sheva and transferred the management rights to a trustee, attorney Yitzhak Junger. "It's a sad day for me, I have no other option," she announced. This time the break continued 10 months, until the comeback in January 2021.
Muhammad Abu Younes - over 11 years as chairman of Bnei Sakhnin
Muhammad Abu Younes, chairman of Bnei Sakhnin (Photo: Maor Al-Kalsasi)
November 2014:
Do you remember the phrase "reset my forces" from the beginning of the article?
So that's exactly how Abu Yunus announced his resignation about eight years ago.
Following the fact that the promised money from Qatar and the municipality did not arrive, Abu Yunus then said to Walla!
Sport: "I don't want to argue anymore, maybe I'm not suitable for these things. I'm done with football."
June 2015:
The season ended, the fight with the municipality resumed and this time not only Abu Younes announced his resignation, but the entire management.
"Perhaps this is some kind of pressure towards me, the mayor. Abu Younes has already resigned and returned," a club official estimated at the time.
He was not wrong.
December 2021:
Sakhnin survived several more similar crises, was relegated and returned, and then received a notice about the closure of the Doha Stadium due to the violation of the business license.
In this case too, a threat was made, only in a different wording.
"If they don't want us in the league, we will disband the team," Abu Younes said.
"If they don't approve us to play at home, we won't show up to the games."
Sakhnin then had to wander between Kiryat Shmona, Netanya and Bloomfield.
Disbanding or not showing up for games, needless to say, did not happen.
May 2022:
Again diversity in threats, this time after the farce of canceling the game against Maccabi Haifa.
The heavy fine imposed by the league administration (NIS 250,000) caused Abu Younes to announce at a press conference in Hula: "As of today, we are not part of the administration. We will try to find other teams that will go along with us in this matter." to the principal.
Eyal Segal - over six years as owner of Maccabi Netanya
Eyal Segal, owner of Maccabi Netanya (Photo: Shlomi Gabai)
February 2020:
The disappointment with the behavior of the fans, the lack of backing from the municipality and his prosecution by the football association, led Eyal Segal to announce (on his Facebook page, of course) the departure of the senior team.
Segal then decided to transfer the management rights to CEO Niv Goldstein and asked the board of directors to find candidates for the purchase, while he will continue to invest in the youth department.
January 2022:
Segal was interviewed on the 103fm sports program and claimed that "the corona has somewhat played the cards" and prevented the implementation of his departure plan. To the right person I will give Maccabi Netanya for free," he added.
June 2022:
Almost two and a half years after the first announcement of his departure and at the end of a successful season in which Maccabi Netanya secured the ticket to Europe, Segal once again addressed the fans on Facebook and told of his return to "my original plan to move aside." Until the post the next.
The Nisanov brothers - almost six years as owners of Hapoel Tel Aviv
Sharon Nisanov with Itzik Nisanov, owners of Hapoel Tel Aviv (Photo: Danny Maron)
July 2020:
Itzik Nisanov stated that he transferred the management powers to his brother Sharon.
"I'm going back to the stand," he announced.
After four days he was already back to the day-to-day management, and this has not changed.
As the fired coach Kobi Yarofa said in an interview on the "Press Stand" program about two and a half weeks ago: "Itzik Nisanov is the decider in Hapoel Tel Aviv."
September 2020:
Dozens of fans came to Savion to protest in front of Sharon Nisanov's house after a loss to MS.
Ashdod, but the police dispersed them.
The owner addressed this and said to the club's staff: "The fans don't understand that people don't really want to come to Hapoel Tel Aviv. If someone serious had come, we would have let them go a long time ago."
January 2021:
Following an unusual violent incident (throwing a brick at Sharon Nisanov's house), the brothers considered leaving immediately.
It was then claimed in the YNET publication that they will leave only after they complete the reinforcement in January and then transfer the club to a trustee or a management group.
It did not happen.
June 2022:
In response to the boycott of the fans who refused to purchase subscriptions, the owners published a letter and expressed their willingness to transfer Hapoel Tel Aviv to other hands.
"Aware that the time has come to hand over the reins," they wrote.
"As soon as a person with means comes along whose financial capabilities are high, we will give him all our holdings without any consideration and we will immediately return to the stand."
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