Maccabi Haifa celebrates a championship (Photo: Shlomo Weiss | Video Editing: Nir Chen)
After Maccabi Haifa secured the championship, the club began to accelerate the team's construction for the next season. One of the biggest question marks is over Josh Cohen's future. The goalkeeper who had established himself in the team was interested in leaving for the American First Division (MLS), with Haifa already marking their replacement if Cohen did not continue. But now it turns out that there has been a significant breakthrough in recent days, and Cohen has sat down to negotiate with the Greens over extending his contract.
Can he also play for the national team? Cohen (Photo: Maor Elkeslassy)
Hectic talks are taking place between the two sides as negotiations are at an advanced stage and a two-year contract extension is being discussed. Haifa want Cohen to stay, and in such a situation, Sherif Kieff is expected to receive an announcement that he is the secondary goalkeeper, in light of the fact that Roy Mashpati is interested in being the first goalkeeper and is in demand in quite a few teams in the Premier League.
If negotiations with Cohen fail and he leaves, Haifa will immediately turn to Nathan Baxter, who is the leading candidate, in case the American-Jewish goalkeeper does not continue. By the way, if Cohen does extend his contract by two years, he could become the goalkeeper of the Israeli national team.
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