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Full coverage· Sports· Updated

Tiberias Football Club Faces Financial Crisis Over Player Registration

Ironi Tiberias, the last-place team in the Israeli Premier League, is struggling with financial issues that prevent the registration of player Sambinha.

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What happened

  1. 01Ironi Tiberias faces an 880,000 shekel collateral demand to register player Sambinha, calling it "an attempted extortion."
  2. 02The club is under the management of trustee Liza Hadash due to an ownership dispute.
  3. 03Tiberias is also banned from signing new players in the January transfer window.
  4. 04Players Niv Gottlieb and David Keltins are returning from a three-month suspension.
  5. 05The team hopes to surprise Hapoel Tel Aviv with improved concentration and finishing.

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.

Translated and summarized by baba from Mako, the latest report. Read Mako’s original

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