Tiberias Football Club Faces Financial Crisis Over Player Registration
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
Ironi Tiberias, the last-place team in the Israeli Premier League, is struggling with financial issues that prevent the registration of player Sambinha. The club needs to provide an additional 880,000 shekels in collateral, which management deems "an attempted extortion." This inability to register Sambinha is a major setback, compounded by a transfer ban for the January window. The team is preparing to face Hapoel Tel Aviv with a projected lineup including several returning players.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Ironi Tiberias faces an 880,000 shekel collateral demand to register player Sambinha, calling it "an attempted extortion."
- The club is under the management of trustee Liza Hadash due to an ownership dispute.
- Tiberias is also banned from signing new players in the January transfer window.
- Players Niv Gottlieb and David Keltins are returning from a three-month suspension.
- The team hopes to surprise Hapoel Tel Aviv with improved concentration and finishing.
Hapoel Tel Aviv's upcoming opponent, bottom-of-the-table Ironi Tiberias, is facing significant financial and administrative hurdles that are preventing the registration of key player Sambinha. Sambinha, who has completed a suspension from the Israeli Anti-Doping Agency, cannot be officially registered due to the club's ongoing financial difficulties. The club is currently under the management of trustee Adv. Liza Hadash, appointed by the District Court amid a dispute between owner Arie Kalmanzon and his former partner Miki Beitan.
Tiberias has deposited 2 million shekels as a guarantee with the budget control authority. However, Sambinha's contract has not yet passed this control due to a new demand for an additional 880,000 shekels in liquid collateral, on top of existing guarantees that have not been redeemed by the trustee's decision. The club's management expressed outrage, calling the demand "an attempted extortion."
The inability to register Sambinha is a severe professional blow, especially as Tiberias is also barred from signing replacements or strengthening its squad during the January transfer window due to a previous penalty for double contracts last season. This means the team cannot bring in an alternative player to compensate for Sambinha's absence.
In other team news, defenders Niv Gottlieb and David Keltins are available for the match against Hapoel Tel Aviv after serving a three-month suspension. Nana and Mansour Badji are contenders for starting positions, potentially replacing Ari Cohen and Guy Sanker. Kais Ghanem and Chris Koako have returned to training but are not yet fully fit and are expected to start on the bench if they play at all.
Tiberias hopes to build on the positive performance shown in their previous game against Hapoel Be'er Sheva, aiming for better concentration and finishing to surprise their opponents. The projected lineup includes Ido Sharon; Mansour Badji, Ron Unger, Ondrej Bacho, Ziv Morgan, Daniel Golani; Niv Gottlieb, David Keltins, Eden Shamir, Nana; and Arthur Marinayan.
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