David Mintzberg, who heads the acquisition group of Hapoel Tel Aviv, which passed yesterday (Wednesday) in the committee for the transfer of management rights of the soccer association, gave a statement to the media this morning regarding all the required aspects of the emerging acquisition.
"We have completed the transfer of rights and I am happy about it. I want to thank Matan Simentov who mediated and helped," he began his words.
We are very happy to do business and invest in Israel.
"We have a lot of work to do and I believe that in the coming months and years we will give the fans a reason to celebrate."
"We are working on the budget now. We need to build not only a good soccer team but also a stronger system and bring more people to help the system, to help Liran (the CEO). We want to bring more resources.
The budget is very important and we will have to make decisions, but first of all we want to build a team that will not win just one year but will create continuity and we want to strengthen the relationship with the fans.
Our youth department and women's group are very important.
It may take 10 or 20 years but that is our goal.
Such things take time."
Mintzberg added: "We can have all the best and most beautiful things, but if you don't have a winning team it won't help, from my experience, building a successful team takes time, we will try to do it as soon as possible, we will bring professionals to help us do the It is, but it is a process. The fans deserve that we properly celebrate the club's 100 years and we will do it in the summer. We will play a friendly match, many of our investors will be there, and we want to show the world that Israel is a great place to be and invest in, and we want to show the world how much Hapoel "A special group".
Regarding the distribution of roles in the club, he said: "My brother and I will be responsible for all decisions, we are here for the long term. We also have investors who will be on the board and help us. There is always the financial side for which the CEO will be responsible and there is the professional side for which Nick Hammond will be responsible. For me, he is a brilliant man and worked in many clubs and advised us in England as well.
Everything related to football will go through Nick, then reach us and the board.
Something that must change in Hapoel Tel Aviv from the coming season is that it must be a team with an identity, and every game we play will give the maximum to the team."
On the relationship with the media: "The media in Israel does a great job. The fans want to enjoy the team and you provide them with the information. The reason we couldn't talk until now is because we have a process regarding how things work and are approved by us. We will make sure that people from the club talk to the media but It won't be every day."
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