Guy Ben Ziv 11/02/2021 16:58
Hamed bin Khalifa and Betar Jerusalem players (Instagram, Radad Jabara)
After the great and ongoing saga of the partnership agreement between Betar Jerusalem and Moshe Hughes with the Emirate Sheikh Hamed bin Khalifa, today (Thursday) the Rights Transfer Committee announced that the Jerusalem group has decided to withdraw its rights transfer request, but may apply again in the future.
However, despite withdrawing the request for the transfer of rights, a source in the Jerusalem group claims: “The deal is currently being delayed and therefore they withdrew the request from the transfer committee. With the opening of the skies in Israel, Yatus is celebrating a flight to promote the deal.”
Betar also stated: “After the request of the transfer committee for several more documents and in the hope of continuing the deal, the owners of the club, Moshe Hogg, intended to take off for Dubai in order to meet with Sheikh Hemed Ben Khalifa. Unfortunately, the sky is still closed and instead of asking for another extension we preferred to withdraw the current request and submit a new request. The reports that the deal fell through are incorrect. “
As mentioned, it has recently become known that in light of the long procrastination regarding the deal and in particular due to Ben Khalifa’s lack of integrity certificate and withdrawal of legs regarding the production of the necessary documents for the committee, the deal stalled, but now also in light of the withdrawal of the Jerusalem club
The committee’s announcement states: “As part of the request for the transfer of rights, Betar Jerusalem submitted a request for an additional extension for the transfer of completeness in accordance with the committee’s decision, until 10.3.21. Alternatively, the group counsel asked to withdraw the application, while preserving the group’s rights to resubmit the application in the future. In light of the examination of this request, the Committee decides to grant the second alternative, and to authorize the Group to withdraw its original request. In the future, the group will be entitled to submit a new request for the transfer of rights in accordance with the provisions of the regulations. “
