Lior David

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Maccabi Tel Aviv U18
25 Dec 2026
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Process

Marked for Lior David

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The Maccabi Tel Aviv Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ben Lederman 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 Maccabi Tel Aviv can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Maccabi Tel Aviv

Mohamed Camara 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.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Maccabi Tel Aviv

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Market

Maccabi Tel Aviv promote Guy Cohen from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Guy Cohen 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.

Market

Lior David steps up from the Maccabi Tel Aviv academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lior David 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.

Market

One of our own: Guy Glazer joins the Maccabi Tel Aviv first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Guy Glazer is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

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