Shay Shtriks: It's a shame

Shay Shtriks

30-07-2008 15:04

The General Manager of the Bulgarian national team Mr. Shay Shtriks made an official statement regarding the article that was published yesterday in "7 days sport" newspaper about Mr. Pini Gershon as a Bulgarian national team coach:

"I learned this morning about what was written in "7 days sport". First of all, until now I didin't think "7 days sport" had any cheap and low level journalists in their newspaper. So, if this person, who calls himself a journalist, is willing to destroy something good, I'm very surprised that the head of the newspaper gives him the right to write such stupid unnecessary things. Things that compromise one of the best sports projects that have happened in Bulgaria over the last 10 years.

So this guy is not at our level, definitely not for Mr. Gershon, the players and all the other staff. And I will do everything possible that this guy has and will never have anything to do with the Bulgarian national team. As a journalist, he has the right to put everything in the newspaper and actually this journalist is the one that everybody says, better to put fish in newspaper, instead to read article like this. If he were decent enough, he would sit and talk with me or Mr. Gershon, but not publish stupid things like that in a very respectable sports newspaper. It's a shame and I believe he doesn't represent the majority of the journalists in Bulgaria.

I know and we know what we are doing to change everything and how hard the players work, so he can't just say thing like that. Actually, if he works for a yellow newspaper, then he can, but "7 days sport" is a respectable newspaper. I have to say once again - I'm very, very surprised how somebody gave him the right to publish that stuff in that particular newspaper."