Head Coach Slavisa Jokanovic coached his last match with Maccabi Tel Aviv prior to departing for Fulham in the English Championship. He spoke about his decision to move back to London and discussed his future:

“I am grateful for both clubs, Maccabi and Fulham as well especially Maccabi who cared about my personal needs. I enjoyed my 6 months here in Tel Aviv. We qualified for the Champions League and we are halfway there for this season.

I apologize to the Maccabi supporters and I see that they are the most loyal fans, one of the most amazing I’ve seen in my football career. This made the games I played here at Bloomfield and on Europe great and I enjoyed the city of Tel Aviv. I want to thank all of the people here in Israel including the press and friends that I’ve made during my time.

There’s a very important job in London coming up with Fulham and I am looking for stability and I hope to be there a very long time.”

Jordi Cruyff, also commented on Slavisa Jokanovic’s departure:

“I think that for anyone in professional football England is the place to be and I have an understanding of why Slavisa would want to go back. Football is a small world and we never know when we will meet up again.

We were very reluctant to let him go but I can understand why and the magic of England and what it has to offer. We would have preferred to keep our coach but this is life.

Maccabi should be proud as we’ve had coaches that have left to the Champions of Mexico, Switzerland and also to Brighton and now Fulham.”