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Maccabi Haifa's goal: to discover a new star | Israel Hayom

2023-05-17T05:07:36.929Z

Highlights: Maccabi Haifa has secured a third consecutive championship. Barak Bachar will leave, and the swing list is short but significant. Most of the squad has a contract for next season as well. The main task will be to keep defender Pierre Cornu and defender Abdoulaye Sek. The team's top scorer, Omer Atzili, will continue at the club and try to lead it to a fourth consecutive championship in 2022/23. In Haifa there is one way or the other the striker is expected to score more than the other.


The Greens have secured a third consecutive championship, but the thoughts are next season • Barak Bachar will leave, and the swing list is short but significant • Now she's looking for a spark


Maccabi Haifa of the 2022/23 season is one of the best in the history of the club. Now, the Greens will try to maintain the success and squad as much as possible, although the architect of the success, coach Barak Behar, will lose the champions to Red Star Belgrade. Now, the club's plans for the summer are complex, although the foundation is expected to remain, as most of the squad has a contract for next season as well.

Maccabi Haifa celebrates championship | Liav Nachmani

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At the moment, the tendency is to appoint a foreign coach. There is still no decision on who it will be, and the club says dozens of names have been proposed in the past two weeks. In fact, Bachar knew how to manage the squad almost perfectly and turned Haifa into a predatory team.

The decision of professional director Gal Alberman will have a decisive impact on the club's professional future. In the Israeli sector, only Ran Ben Shimon's name was on the agenda, but later the preference shifted towards the foreign coach.

Barak Bachar in the sprint of his life, photo: Alan Shaver

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Josh Cohen wants to return to the United States and has conveyed the message to club leaders. Co-goalkeeper Roy Mashpati may also be the first goalkeeper in the Premier League next season - but with a different team. Haifa will wait for the American for a few more days, but Alberman is already looking for alternatives.

The name of Jewish goalkeeper Nathan Baxter, on loan from Chelsea to English side Hull this year, is on the table. If Cohen decides to continue and Baxter arrives, the Greens could find themselves with two high-caliber Jewish goalkeepers.

Josh Cohen, Photo: Shahar Azran

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The main task will be to keep defender Pierre Cornu and defender Abdoulaye Sek. The two are attracting interest in Europe, including the French league, where they know them well. Both have contracts for next season and will be free next summer, so the club is interested in opening their contracts and extending them, but in light of the interest, this too will not be an easy task and this is another ball that will be placed at the door of the professional manager and club president Yaakov Shahar.

Gal Alberman. A lot on the shoulders, photo: Alan Shaver

Daniel Sudgren will continue as a right-back, and the club is expected to exercise their option to buy Dylan Batubinsika. Defender Rami Gershon may continue despite having terminated his contract, with the professional future of left-back San Menachem uncertain. Therefore, an attempt will be made to bring another player into the squad and Ofir Davidzadeh, who is terminating a contract at Maccabi Tel Aviv, may be a possibility.

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The Greens want another dominant back midfielder, probably foreign, due to the fact that there are not many good Israelis in that position. Beyond that, the club's request from Dia Seba is to update as soon as possible if he has offers from the Emirates or Turkey that would cause him to leave.

Otherwise, the striker will continue at the club for another three seasons. The club will try to open and extend the contracts of midfielders Ali Mohammed and Mahmoud Jaber.

Mohammed Abu Fani will look for a senior team abroad, and only if he does not find one, will he stay. The team's top scorer, Omer Atzili, will continue at the club and try to lead it to a fourth consecutive championship. Midfielder Dolev Haziza will receive an offer to stay and will probably accept it. The next coach will decide on the future of Mavis Chibota, who will want to prove himself to a new professional team. Captain Charon Sherry will remain and hold the contract for another two years.

Dia Seba and Muhammad Abu Fani,

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Striker Dean David is expected to sign a new contract for another three seasons. In Haifa there is great admiration for David, who scored 9 goals this season. As for striker Frantzdi Piero, there are opinions one way or the other. On the one hand, the striker is expected to score more than 8 goals in the league, but the 5 he scored in the Champions League qualifiers, which put the Greens in the group stage, stand in his favor. The striker also has a two-year contract.

Frantzdi Piero. Must score more,

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Nikita Rukavica and Ben Shahr have terminated contracts and will leave, and Albermann will look for another striker in the squad. The fact that there is no room for more foreign players could bring Thai Bribo's name to the table, although Wolfsberger's striker aims to continue in Europe.

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Source: israelhayom

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