The Maccabi Netanya Post
Market31 Jan 2028
Grigory Morozov puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Maccabi Netanya, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets31 Jan 2028
Dell turns down Maccabi Netanya
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: São Paulo keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets31 Jan 2028
Maccabi Netanya rebuffed over Diego Barros
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Argentinos Juniors have kept their man, and Maccabi Netanya go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match29 Jan 2028
Nobody wins at Maccabi Netanya
8 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
Sagiv Jehezkel gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad31 Jan 2028
A muscle injury sidelines Ido David for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Maccabi Netanya will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Player ratings31 Jan 2028
Matheus Davó runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout31 Jan 2028
Itai Ben-Shabat back under a manager who knows him
The new man at Maccabi Netanya has worked with Itai Ben-Shabat before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.
Transfer targets31 Jan 2028
Maccabi Netanya ask about Aaron Silva
A loan enquiry to Huracán: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Squad Daniel Felczer falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout The form table has caught Sagiv Jehezkel
- The dugout The view from the dugout