The Hapoel Tel Aviv Sentinel
Match26 Aug 2028
Nobody wins at Hapoel Tel Aviv
29 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Market28 Aug 2028
Ziv Morgan agrees terms with Hapoel Kfar Saba
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Hapoel Tel Aviv people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Door shut on Cédric Don
Hapoel Tel Aviv asked and Maccabi Haifa said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Shahar Piven says Hapoel Tel Aviv went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match26 Aug 2028
Hapoel Tel Aviv make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Hapoel Tel Aviv have 3 straight wins of it.
Market28 Aug 2028
Manuel Benson is a Hapoel Tel Aviv player
The fee is $400.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Maccabi Haifa drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Fernand Mayembo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hapoel Tel Aviv this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Hapoel Tel Aviv
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.
Market28 Aug 2028
Nir Cohen steps up from the Hapoel Tel Aviv academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nir Cohen 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.
In brief
- Market Hapoel Tel Aviv promote Matan Revivo from within
- Match Hapoel Tel Aviv see off Hapoel Kfar Saba
- Boardroom Hapoel Tel Aviv let a promise lapse