The Hapoel Haifa Chronicle
Market19 Jul 2027
Raheem Nugraha 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 Hapoel Haifa can pretend not to have heard.
Market19 Jul 2027
Raheem Nugraha has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Hapoel Haifa they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Raheem Nugraha has agreed to leave Hapoel Haifa for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Hapoel Haifa
Sa'ar Fadida 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Eitan Levy out for 16 days
The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Eitan Levy, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Hapoel Haifa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rotem Hatuel 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Rotem Hatuel
- The dugout The manager makes Bruno Ramires a promise
- Squad A season on the outside for Evaristo Dieguiz
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Shai Elias