"Q. I get it, let's go on, look, it's a bit strange what you're saying, apparently you really don't remember exactly what happened because you're saying either on the 19th or 20th, did you find out that you were fired from Maccabi Netanya? You say a few days after that you started looking for a team sometime, a week, two weeks, three or four after that, you signed with Maccabi Petah Tikva. But, your contract with Maccabi Petah Tikva was signed on June 19 [Thus in the original - A.A.] It's attached, you see June 19th, how do you explain it?
A: I don't know, I don't remember getting up in the morning and signing with Maccabi Petah Tikva
Q: Probably not then, maybe, but the negotiations with Maccabi Petah Tikva began before June 19, because on June 19 you already signed
A: I know for sure that it didn't happen
Q: Explain to me how the contract you attached to your affidavit bears the date of June 19, come and explain
A: Can I see for a second? Because I don't remember it, I'm not the person who writes the date at the top of the page.
Q: Did you know that your affidavit that this agreement was attached to the affidavit?
A: If I knew?
Q: I ask, did you know? Did you read the affidavit? Did you know?
A: Yes, I knew that I had attached my contract to Maccabi Petah Tikva if I noticed what date I was sitting on and they signed the date? No, keep going" (Emphasis added - A.A.)
Thus, Amos does not dispute that in the title of the agreement the date is stated June 19, 2022. And given that the negotiations with Maccabi Petah Tikva did not begin on the same day, it can be assumed that these negotiations began even earlier.
- The incident in which Amos negotiated with other teams fits well with Cohen's version (at the time he was Maccabi Netanya's professional manager) regarding the events after the end of the season.
Cohen testified and the Regional Court ruled in this regard that "we are convinced that negotiations were conducted between the plaintiff's agent and the defendant's representative, after the end of the season, in June 2022." Cohen's testimony indicates that at first Maccabi Netanya offered Amos the renewal of the contract under the same terms, but the latter did not agree as he asked for an "upgrade". And then, when he agreed to renew on the same terms, the owner of Maccabi Netanya was no longer interested in renewing the contract on those terms. In this regard, the Regional Court concludes and holds that: