Owner Hapoel Tel Aviv: “I thought about getting Sloukas, but there would be a collision with Giannakopoulos”

OR Hapoel Tel Aviv made last summer a financial overrun, and with Dimitris Itoudi on the bench managed to conquer the Eurocupsecuring a place in Euroleague of the new season.

The owner of the Israeli club, Effe Janaimade statements to “Sport1” about her participation group in the top European event, stressing how the goal is to Final Four.

At the same time, he referred to the Costa Slouka and pointed out that he thought about moving for his acquisition but estimated that there would be a conflict with Dimitris Giannakopouloswhile talking about Sasha Vezenkov.

In detail what he 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 of Europe is interested in whether we can … break the “glass ceiling” at Euroleague, get to the Final-Four and we may win. I’m an outsider, I still see myself like that. Maybe not compared to Maccabi, but compared to Real Madrid, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, I’m definitely an underdog.

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. “

For Wade Boldwin: “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 think there would be a conflict with Giannakopoulos, I don’t want to insist on it. Approaching the end of his career. I prefer players with whom you can work for the next three years. ”