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Yossi Abouxis was only yesterday (Tuesday) officially appointed coach of Hapoel Tel Aviv, and in less than 24 hours he loses one of the most important players in the squad.
The Reds received the offer for Jose Rodriguez and the player's request, and he will leave today for the Turkish Adana Demirspor.
The 29-year-old Spanish midfielder received a high financial offer from the team from the top league in Turkey, and on top of that he was under great pressure to leave Israel.
He already yesterday deleted tweets he wrote in recent months against Turkey since October 7.
Unlike the transfer window in Israel which closed yesterday, the window in Turkey closes in two days and therefore the transfer can still be implemented.
Rodrigues was one of the main supporters of Israel in the world media and much was written about his advocacy for Israel during the war.
His many interviews in Spain meant that he received threats on his life and the lives of his children, and he told the management of Hapoel Tel Aviv that he had family pressure on him to leave Israel due to the security situation.
Thus, his third term in Israel ends after only six months, as I remember he also played for Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa.
New professional team at Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Uri Gutman/official website, the official website of Hapoel Tel Aviv
Meanwhile, Hapoel Tel Aviv announced this morning that Uri Gutman was appointed assistant coach: "I am very happy to join Hapoel Tel Aviv, I really connected with the club's vision and path," said Gutman.
"I will do my best together with the rest of the professional team to help the team and Yossi succeed in meeting the goals. Come on Hapoel!".
Earlier this week Gutman (38), the eldest son of Eli Gutman, was fired from Hapoel Ramat Gan.
Before that, he also coached Hapoel Hadera, Nes Ziona Section, Hapoel Kfar Saba and Bnei Yehuda as head coach.
As an assistant coach he worked for Bnei Sakhnin and Bnei Yehuda.
This is, of course, the closing of a circle, since Aboxis previously served as his assistant at Hapoel Tel Aviv as the assistant of Eli Gutman, Uri's father.
The first task of Aboxis and Gutman will be this Saturday, when Hapoel Tel Aviv will be hosted by Gutman's ex, Hapoel Hadera.
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