The Maccabi Haifa Herald
Boardroom27 Aug 2029
A new deal for Gil Revivo
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Transfer targets27 Aug 2029
The paperwork begins on Souleymane Alio
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Maccabi Haifa have done the hard part with FC Nordsjaelland, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad27 Aug 2029
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.
Boardroom27 Aug 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Maccabi Haifa
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Cédric Don falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout27 Aug 2029
No hiding place for Omri Glazer
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Omri Glazer, and the manager let it.
Match25 Aug 2029
Maccabi Tel Aviv take the points off Maccabi Haifa
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market27 Aug 2029
One of our own: Ben Abada joins the Maccabi Haifa first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ben Abada is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market27 Aug 2029
Eli Benayoun steps up from the Maccabi Haifa academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eli Benayoun 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 One of our own: Eli Levy joins the Maccabi Haifa first team
- Market Tal Shechter steps up from the Maccabi Haifa academy
- Player ratings Cédric Don beats them one at a time