Former Minister Issawi Freige Secures Candidacy for Football Association Leadership
Translated & summarized from N12 by baba
Former minister Issawi Freige has secured his candidacy for the leadership of the Football Association after submitting significantly more support points than required. Freige claims the current leadership attempted to prevent his run through pressure and intimidation, but these efforts failed. He will now campaign for the December elections, promising a new era of professionalism and transparency for Israeli football.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Former minister Issawi Freige has secured his candidacy for the Football Association chairmanship.
- Freige submitted support forms from clubs totaling 150 points, exceeding the required threshold.
- He claims the current association leadership attempted to pressure clubs to prevent his candidacy.
- Freige will campaign for the December elections, promising professionalism and transparency.
- He criticized the current leadership for failures and cronyism in Israeli football.
Former minister Issawi Freige announced on Tuesday that his candidacy for the chairmanship of the Football Association has been secured. Freige stated that he submitted support forms from clubs totaling 150 points, significantly exceeding the required threshold of 10% of total points.
Freige asserted that despite attempts by the current Football Association leadership to pressure clubs and intimidate them to prevent his candidacy, these efforts have failed. He declared that his participation in the December elections for the head of the Football Association is now guaranteed.
Freige plans to run a focused campaign over the next two months, emphasizing a new path for the association centered on professionalism, transparency, and the welfare of Israeli football, contrasting it with what he described as the cronyism that has characterized its recent operations. He criticized the current management for the decline of Israeli football, attributing it to a series of failures.
He believes the upcoming elections offer clubs a choice between continuing with the current leadership, which he claims has led to failures, or electing a new leadership that will prioritize Israeli football over the interests of officials. Freige concluded by stating it is time to return the Football Association to the clubs, fans, and all those who care about the future of Israeli football.
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