Daniel Sundgren and Josh Cohen, who arrived in Israel this weekend, held their first training session yesterday (Tuesday) with Maccabi Haifa, which has already begun preparations for next season. The Swedish defender, who has just joined the club and the goalkeeper who signed a contract extension for another season, trained as planned ahead of leaving for training camp.
Maccabi Haifa is now focusing on attempts to add a foreign striker and left defender, with Kenny Saif and Nikita Rokavitsia approaching and likely signing. Haifa understands that their goal is to reach the first game against Olympiacos on July 20 in the second qualifying round of the Champions League when a new striker and defender after a stage of acclimatization and integration in the team will probably not be achieved, so the desire is to soon sign Rokavitsia, who is expected to complete his return in the coming days. The fencing – when in any case later on foreigners will also be signed to these positions.
In another matter, the team is waiting for the answer of the Greek team whether it will approve a larger amount of green crowd in the away game on July 27. As you may recall, the Greeks are obliged to transfer 1,600 tickets and in Haifa they were asked to double the amount. According to reports in Greece, so far Olympiacos has sold only about 5,500 subscribers for next season and its fans have the last few days left to renew their subscription – numbers that may inspire hope among the Greens.