Elad Amir

Central Defender - Maccabi Haifa
2 Feb 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Elad Amir

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The Maccabi Haifa Herald

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Maccabi Haifa say no — this time

The offer from Hapoel Beer Sheva for Ali Mohamed was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Kenny Saief hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Maccabi Haifa can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

The season belongs to Bruninho

An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Maccabi Haifa have had the benefit of it.

Market

Hapoel Acre watching Xander Severina

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Maccabi Haifa have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Match

Still nobody has beaten Maccabi Haifa

The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Dimitar Mitkov

Maccabi Haifa asked and Madura United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Loan watch

Roee Fucs counts the days

“I watch every Maccabi Haifa game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Hapoel Kfar Saba runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

The terraces

Maccabi Haifa supporters have found a favourite in Cédric Don

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Cédric Don has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Bruninho sends Maccabi Haifa past Hapoel Raanana

It finished 2‑0, and it was Bruninho’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Maccabi Haifa.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Maccabi Haifa Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Maccabi Haifa say no — this time

The offer from Maccabi Tel Aviv for Pierre Cornud was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Transfer targets

Amit Cohen due for a Maccabi Haifa medical

Everything agreed with Maccabi Netanya, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets

No deal for Sayed Abu Farchi at that price

Maccabi Haifa offered $1.0M; Maccabi Tel Aviv said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets

Bnei Sakhnin tell Maccabi Haifa: Mohammed Abu-Nil is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Tempers go at Maccabi Haifa

Elad Amir was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

The Zohar Zasano conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Bnei Yehuda will make the call about Zohar Zasano this week. Maccabi Haifa have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Squad

Dan Hemed signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dan Hemed commits to Maccabi Haifa for another 5 years.

Boardroom

Maccabi Haifa say no to the training-ground money

The plan went upstairs and came back down. Nothing about that will make a headline anywhere else, and everybody who works at the training ground will remember it for years.

Looking ahead

Omri Glazer goes back to face Maccabi Tel Aviv

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Omri Glazer’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Maccabi Haifa needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief