Ismail Ryan’s return to Israel after a brief stint in Turkey was supposed to be festive. Instead, Sakhnin’s newcomer found himself stuck in a Corona hotel despite having already recovered from the virus and received an order from the Ministry of Health to get out of isolation. Tonight (Sunday), he spoke with “Open Ground” and gave a particularly harsh testimony from the hotel.
“I’m in a hotel in Tel Aviv, stuck,” Ryan described. “I arrived in Israel between Thursday and Friday, I have no idea how long I will be in a hotel. By and large, it’s not justified that I should be in a motel. By law I have a recovery certificate, I’ve already been sick in Corona. Three weeks ago I returned to Israel, the day after I did a corona test at Clalit and they brought me a recovery certificate. The Ministry of Health sent me a message that I was leaving the isolation. “
“This time, when I returned to Israel I showed them the permit and they told me I was going to a motel,” Ryan continued. “There was a representative of the Ministry of Health there she told me she could not read and I would go to the policeman. I went to him and he told me it did not interest him and that I should go to the motel. Three hours I tried to explain to someone. I said I live alone and they would send me home. “They spoke disgustingly to me, one policeman even approached me and threatened to hit me. Delusional things.”
Ryan continued: “I just asked one of them to understand me, understand the situation, but they did not want to hear, not listen. I was told there is an exceptions committee and when I get to the hotel I will send them everything I need. I have a recovery certificate from a doctor and my status in general is ‘recovering’ I brought them a test that shows that I was ill abroad and a negative test from abroad, also in Israel I did a test that came out negative and I brought them. Everything they asked for, I brought. Understand how complicated it is, this morning I received an email confirming leaving the Ministry of Health, I have no permit and I will not be allowed to leave the hotel. “
When asked if he gets help from the group, he replied: “Sakhnin is trying to help, but I am very surprised by the principal’s conduct. There is something complicated here, something happened here, there is a strange situation. I am not asking for favors or combinations, it is my right. I have a recovery certificate, “Although I deserve to be released from solitary confinement, I ask that I be sent to solitary confinement. The administration claims that Sakhnin should talk to the Ministry of Health and fix it on its own. Is that an answer?”
“I must not even walk out the door,” Ryan continued. “I tried to run around the room a bit and train, but they called from below and asked me why I was jumping and if everything was fine. No one gives me answers, I call the Knesset all day. I was given everything they asked of me, and they told me we would get back to you. If it was a player from a big team, he would be playing already on Saturday. I’m upset now, but I spoke in the most dignified way possible and they spoke to me in a disparaging and very unkind way. I have never encountered such a thing in my life. If you see the food here, the food at the hospital is better. Hopefully the next time you say my name will be after exiles. “
About the time in Turkey, Ryan said: “The truth is I enjoyed it very much and did not want to go back. I had goals and dreams to move forward there, but the situation I got into at the club is a very difficult situation. I got to the point where I had to beg to get my money, and every day I was told tomorrow “And tomorrow and tomorrow. Getting one salary in four four months doesn’t make sense.”
“The Turkish players have not received a single shekel since the beginning of the season,” he added. “I can manage for two years without money, but I have a family and I have to support myself. It’s hard. I said to myself, ‘It’s impossible like this, I can not continue to survive,’ What about the family? ‘”