The Maccabi Haifa Herald
Boardroom27 Aug 2035
Interim Coach is out at Maccabi Haifa
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Market27 Aug 2035
Idan Toklomati says no to Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Idan Toklomati had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Boardroom27 Aug 2035
Maccabi Haifa have nobody left to take training
Not an interim appointment — an institution with an empty coaching office. Somebody unfamiliar will run the sessions this week, and the question of how a club gets into this state is one the board will be asked and will not answer.
Market27 Aug 2035
Erawan Garnier asks to leave Maccabi Haifa
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom27 Aug 2035
Interim Coach steps up at Maccabi Haifa for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
The dugout27 Aug 2035
Victor Boniface keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Maccabi Haifa may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market27 Aug 2035
Only the photograph left for Mehdi Puch
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Mehdi Puch will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Maccabi Haifa the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad27 Aug 2035
Words exchanged at Maccabi Haifa
Idan Toklomati 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.
Boardroom27 Aug 2035
6 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.
In brief
- Market Maccabi Haifa promote Nir Cohen from within
- Squad Victor Boniface is slowing down
- Squad A row about effort at Maccabi Haifa