The Hapoel Haifa Chronicle
Squad4 Jun 2029
The knee: Ihab Abu Alshek out for 29 days
29 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Hapoel Haifa lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market4 Jun 2029
Eden Cohen asks to leave Hapoel Haifa
“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.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Kauã Brasília arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Kauã Brasília has, at Hapoel Haifa, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
The dugout4 Jun 2029
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Squad4 Jun 2029
Words at Hapoel Haifa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ivan Kričak is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Kauã Brasília signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kauã Brasília and Hapoel Haifa agree another 3 years.
The dugout4 Jun 2029
No hiding place for Liran Sardal
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Liran Sardal, and the manager let it.
Market4 Jun 2029
Hapoel Haifa and Shahar Piven are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Transfer targets4 Jun 2029
A loan move for Jenluis Pérez is in the works
Hapoel Haifa have made the call to Santa Cruz. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Or Mesika is in the works
- Market A long bet from Hapoel Haifa on a squad player
- Market 36 months and counting on Kauã Brasília