The Maccabi Petach Tikva Chronicle
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
No deal for Manuel Roffo at that price
Maccabi Petach Tikva offered $8.1M; Cerro Porteno 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Hapoel Beer Sheva come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Maccabi Petach Tikva did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
5 academy graduates step up at Maccabi Petach Tikva
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Maccabi Petach Tikva rebuffed over Amir Ganah
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Hapoel Beer Sheva have kept their man, and Maccabi Petach Tikva go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Shon Natcho joins the Maccabi Petach Tikva first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Shon Natcho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ben Cohen joins the Maccabi Petach Tikva first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ben Cohen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
Eitan Dabbur steps up from the Maccabi Petach Tikva academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eitan Dabbur has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Maccabi Petach Tikva
Eitan Tibi 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 targets24 Aug 2026
A loan move for Noam Ben-Harush is in the works
Maccabi Petach Tikva have made the call to Maccabi Tel Aviv. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Boardroom Maccabi Petach Tikva say no to the training-ground money
- The dugout Tal Peretz knocks on the manager’s door
- Looking ahead Maccabi Petach Tikva travel to Maccabi Netanya