At a Press Conference earlier today, Mitch Goldhar and Jordi Cryuff, announced together that Jordi will step down from his role as Head Coach and leave Maccabi Tel Aviv FC at the end of the season. Mitch and Jordi explained that this was a mutually agreed decision and made in the long term interests of the Club and to enable a search for the next Head Coach to start immediately.
Mitch Goldhar commented: “I would personally like to thank Jordi for all of his commitment, effort and professionalism over the last 6 years. We have become close friends. We have been on a unique journey together which has involved some memorable moments including the first Championship, the treble and qualifying for the Champions League Group stages. Jordi has helped put Maccabi back on the map both in Israel and in Europe.
“All good things need to come to an end at some point. We both felt that the end of the season would be a good place for us to go in new directions. Jordi and I will remain in contact and he will always be welcome at Maccabi. I hope that the staff and players will work hard to ensure Jordi leaves Maccabi in the best possible way.”
Jordi Cruyff added: “I want thank everyone during the past six years, we have had a very good relationship and we thought it was a good moment to sit and discuss. I have to thank a lot of staff and players that helped us fight for success. I am very happy and grateful to all of those. I thought I’d be here a couple of years but ended staying for six. I will miss it here for sure but I know that this has been a very important chapter in my life.
We spoke about this a few times and it was ideal now that we could sit here together. We wanted to finish the speculation quickly and take 2-3 months to bring a new coach in. It’s an ideal way for a club to prepare.
We still have nine games left and we are fighting for the title. We have to put our focus and energy into that so we can end my time here well. We are always analyzing and looking and our focus is to win the title.”
