"We will help Dego succeed": Laurent Abergel and Arik Shorenov expected to sign for Maccabi Haifa this week | Israel Hayom

Maccabi Haifa hoisted its 15th championship plate last night and has already begun work on the next season. Half an hour after the game, club president Yaakov Shahar and professional manager Gal Alberman spoke at a special press conference and explained the choice of Masai as coach, with the message of the two being that the system would help him succeed.

At the moment, it is mainly about retaining and strengthening the existing staff. Two players are expected to sign with Carmel in the coming days. Jewish/French midfielder Laurent Abergel and Jewish/German striker Eric Shornov. The two will not be considered foreigners, with Haifa expected to pay half a million euros for Abergel, while Vernov will be purchased from German club Nuremberg for about 900,21 euros. The <>-year-old striker is a striker in Germany's youth squad and is awaiting a decision on whether to call him up for next month's Euros in Georgia.

Laurent Abergel alongside Leo Messi. Soon in Carmel, Photo: Reuters

If invited, Haifa will begin preparations for the next season without him and he will join at a later stage. The club's scouting team worked for months searching for Jewish players and eventually they found it.

Apart from these two, Maccabi Haifa will try to retain the existing squad. Goalkeeper Josh Cohen terminated his contract and received an offer to sign for two more years. He is considering the offer positively and the direction is to see him continue in the group. Striker Dean David has agreed a new contract until 2026, while midfielder Dolev Haziza will meet with the club's management about opening his contract and upgrading it, as long as no offer comes in from a top European team. As long as that doesn't happen, Haziza will continue in Carmel.

Josh Cohen. Towards a new contract, photo: Maor Elkeslassy

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One of the toughest tasks will be to keep defender Abdoulaye Seck and left-back Pierre Cornu at the club. The two are being courted by European clubs and are in a contract year. However, the two have no release clause and Haifa has no desire to release them. At the same time, the champion is in talks to exercise the option in the contract of French defender Dylan Batubinsika.

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