Itay Baruch

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55 Edition

The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad16 Aug 2027

105 days out for Itay Baruch after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Maccabi Petach Tikva will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market16 Aug 2027

Aviv Salem asks to leave Maccabi Petach Tikva

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

The dugout16 Aug 2027

Guy Dezent keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Maccabi Petach Tikva may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market16 Aug 2027

Maccabi Petach Tikva turn down Bnei Yehuda for Ben Vahaba

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad16 Aug 2027

The step up is real for Liran Hazan

At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad16 Aug 2027

A falling-out at Maccabi Petach Tikva

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

Squad16 Aug 2027

Late improvement for Nowaf Bazia

At 26 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

Maccabi Petach Tikva rebuffed over Gonzalo Córdoba

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

Transfer targets16 Aug 2027

A loan move for Tiago Caballero is in the works

Maccabi Petach Tikva have made the call to Cerro Porteno. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

In brief

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54 Edition

The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle

9 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad9 Aug 2027

Itay Baruch breaks a bone — 113 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 113 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Patrick is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Transfer targets9 Aug 2027

No thanks: Trofim Melnichenko rejects the move

Maccabi Petach Tikva had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Porto, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad9 Aug 2027

Dor Hebron signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dor Hebron commits to Maccabi Petach Tikva for another 4 years.

Squad9 Aug 2027

A falling-out at Maccabi Petach Tikva

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

Transfer targets9 Aug 2027

Door shut on David Odogu

Maccabi Petach Tikva asked and AC Milan said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout9 Aug 2027

Guy Dezent 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.

Loan watch9 Aug 2027

Yuval Kretzo counts the days

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

Transfer targets9 Aug 2027

A loan move for Elysée Logbo is in the works

Maccabi Petach Tikva have made the call to Le Havre AC. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

In brief

53 Edition

The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces2 Aug 2027

The mood at Maccabi Petach Tikva has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

Pressure builds in the Maccabi Petach Tikva boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Boardroom2 Aug 2027

Maccabi Petach Tikva put Avi Refaelov on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Squad2 Aug 2027

121 days out for Itay Baruch after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Maccabi Petach Tikva will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Yuval Holckener out for 25 days

The medical room confirms 25 days on the sidelines for Yuval Holckener, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad2 Aug 2027

Tempers go at Maccabi Petach Tikva

Charlys 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.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

Wolfsberger AC tell Maccabi Petach Tikva: Sankara Karamoko 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.

Transfer targets2 Aug 2027

Maccabi Petach Tikva try to borrow Trofim Melnichenko

Porto have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

The dugout2 Aug 2027

The manager's exit leaves Charlys exposed

Every squad has men who were signed by a particular manager and men who were merely inherited. Charlys is in the first group, and the man who wanted him here is no longer in the building.

In brief

52 Edition

The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad26 Jul 2027

Itay Baruch breaks a bone — 129 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 129 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Denny Gropper turns down Maccabi Petach Tikva

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Maccabi Tel Aviv keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Words exchanged at Maccabi Petach Tikva

Patrick and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Maccabi Petach Tikva rebuffed over Mawuli Mensah

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

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Maccabi Petach Tikva ask about Kaio Eduardo

A loan enquiry to Basel: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

No hiding place for Tomer Dabbur

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tomer Dabbur, and the manager let it.

Market26 Jul 2027

The Dor Hebron talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Maccabi Petach Tikva know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

Avi Abada gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Avi Abada is on it.

Market26 Jul 2027

Aviv Salem placed on the list

Maccabi Petach Tikva have made Aviv Salem available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief