The Maccabi Haifa Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Maccabi Haifa say no — this time
The offer from Bnei Yehuda for Cédric Don was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Maccabi Haifa walk away from Hamode Kanaan
$4.5M was the most the club would pay and Hapoel Beer Sheva were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Maccabi Haifa rebuffed over Mohamed Camara
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Maccabi Tel Aviv have kept their man, and Maccabi Haifa go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $680.0K for Anas Mahamid
Maccabi Haifa have gone to Hapoel Tel Aviv with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Cédric Don stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Cédric Don and Maccabi Haifa agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $230.0K for Ben Lederman
Maccabi Haifa have gone to Maccabi Tel Aviv with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Maccabi Haifa
Jelle Bataille 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Uri Solomon steps up from the Maccabi Haifa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Uri Solomon 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Maccabi Haifa promote Guy Abada from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Guy Abada has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Ofir Atzili steps up from the Maccabi Haifa academy
- Squad Pierre Cornud falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Ethane Azoulay