Israel national team travel flyer for the friendly matches against Zambia and Cyprus (photo: Niv Aharonson, video editing: Nir Chen)
Eran Zahavi's brother, Avi, attacks Yossi Banyon and Alon Hazan with harsh words after the striker's announcement that he is not returning to the Israeli national team.
Avi Zahavi, who also serves as a player's agent, was quick to respond, posting a picture of his brother after breaking the Israel national team scoring record and writing: "
This movement after breaking the national team scoring record symbolizes exactly what you are. No matter how big you are, you always knew how to respect and cherish those around you . For those who forgot, the injury that almost ended your career came in the team's game, when you went down to a glitch to retrieve a ball. Right now there are two rags running the team who are motivated by ego. And believe me that one of the queues that heard the conversations and read the messages, is a small man with a big ego."
Post Avi Zahavi, Eran Zahavi's brother (Photo: screenshot, Instagram Avi Zahavi)
As I recall, Zahavi remained out of the national team squad after he refused to comply with the demand of the professional team led by Yossi Benyon, to share a room with another player during gatherings.
In recent months, many efforts have been made to return Zahavi to the national team, and the Maccabi Tel Aviv striker even met several times with Yossi Benyon and other senior officials in the association - but the efforts did not bear fruit - and the king of the goals of the Premier League, who scored 15 goals this season in the uniform of Maccabi Tel Aviv, will not be a part from the upcoming games.
Zahavi is the greatest scorer of the Israeli national team of all time, after surpassing the previous record that belonged to Motel' Spiegler.
In total he scored 33 goals in 70 appearances in the national uniform.
His last appearance in the team's uniform was in December 2021, in a match against Austria in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
Israel will open the Euro 2024 qualifier campaign with a home match against Kosovo on the 25th of the month.
Three days later you will be staying with Switzerland.
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