Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv are the two biggest clubs in Israeli football. The two spent nearly NIS 30 million on acquisitions, including transfers and player wages, in the January window.
This is an amount that easily makes up the budget of three small teams in the Premier League for an entire season. Both clubs have a well-oiled scouting system and a long list of names. In most cases, the names are the same on both lists, which leads to direct, head-head fight between the teams.