Effe Janai examined a possible transcript of Costa Slouka to Hapoel Tel Avivhowever, he thought about it again, as he thought that in this case there would be a conflict with Dimitris Giannakopoulos.
Hapoel Tel Aviv is expected to star in the new season at Euroleague. The owner of the Israeli team, Effer Yanai, expressed his ambition to reach the next Final Four.
At the same time, he answered questions about whether he would bring shorts, Vezenkov and Slouka to their team.
In detail what Effe Janai said
“The goal is to get to the Euroleague Final Four. It will not be easy, but we have Itoudis. He knows what we need to do. All Europe is interested in whether we can break the glass ceiling at EuroLeague, get to the Final Four and maybe win. But compared to Real Madrid, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, I’m definitely an underdog.
I don’t think Maccabi Tel Aviv has ever been as ambitious as Hapoel Tel Aviv is now. Maccabi’s only period of ambition is from 2003 to 2010. I also don’t think Maccabi has ever been as oriented to society as Hapoel Tel Aviv and that is very important to me.
My task is to ensure that in 3-4 years Hapoel no longer depends on Effer Yanai, neither on the administration, nor the financial aid, because then they will have enough partners. I want this child to stand on his feet and be strong enough so that he doesn’t have to worry if I leave. I plan a budget of 160 million (about 40.3m euros), the largest ever for a sports team in Israel and I have to operate within this budget. “
Yanai then replied whether he could bring specific players to Hapoel.
For Wade Baldwin: “No problem to bring him, we could easily do it.”
For what Jay Shorts: “I could bring him if I wanted, but I’m not sure I would do it.”
For Sasha Vezenkov: “I can’t bring him, he has a contract and he is a star of Olympiacos.”
For Kostas Sloukas: “Of course I thought about it. But I appreciate that there would be a conflict with Giannakopoulos, I don’t want to insist too much in it. It is approaching the end of his career. I prefer players with whom you can work for the next three years.”