Jonathan Okebugwu

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The Maccabi Netanya Post

27 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout27 Mar 2028

Ibrahim Tanko says Maccabi Netanya went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad27 Mar 2028

A falling-out at Maccabi Netanya

Dor Hugi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

When it matters, Nevot Ratner plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

The manager makes an example of Beni Feldman

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Market27 Mar 2028

Matheus Davó linked with a move away

The name of Matheus Davó keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Maccabi Netanya say nothing, which says plenty.

Match27 Mar 2028

Continental football is in reach for Maccabi Netanya

43 points from position 5. The title is somebody else’s business and the drop is somebody else’s problem; what is left is the argument about passports.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Li On Mizrahi wants to know why he earns less

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and Maccabi Netanya have no good answer.

The dugout27 Mar 2028

Oz Bilu asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad27 Mar 2028

Itay Mehger finally belongs at Maccabi Netanya

The language has come, the shrug has gone, and he argues in training like a man who expects to be here next year. None of it shows up on a fee and all of it shows up on the pitch.

In brief

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The Maccabi Netanya Post

7 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match5 Feb 2028

No mercy from Maccabi Netanya

Hapoel Acre will want this one forgotten quickly: 5‑2, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Maccabi Netanya were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings7 Feb 2028

Both of them Matheus Davó's — 9.65

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.65, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Player ratings7 Feb 2028

Johnbosco Samuel Kalu scores twice — 9.66

Two goals and a mark of 9.66 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Boardroom7 Feb 2028

Maccabi Netanya close the window on a squad of their own making

7 in and 5 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Samu in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Maccabi Netanya this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad7 Feb 2028

Maxim Plakushchenko pulls a muscle — 16 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 16 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Match5 Feb 2028

Nobody could stop scoring

7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Acre in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Squad7 Feb 2028

A move Jonathan Okebugwu would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Jonathan Okebugwu is living that version at Maccabi Netanya, and it tends to show in the first month.

Transfer targets7 Feb 2028

Maccabi Netanya rebuffed over Faustino Barone

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Olimpia have kept their man, and Maccabi Netanya go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief