The hot name among the Maccabi Haifa players ahead of the January transfer window continues to be Ali Muhammad, one of the outstanding players in the green ranks in the last two years since he arrived from Beitar Jerusalem, and yesterday we published on the Sport Channel website that the Dutch Feyenoord is ready to pay three million euros for him.
Now, another team appears to be entering the race – the Montreal Impact of the MLS. Last season the team reached the semifinals of the Eastern Conference and soon it is expected to pocket a lot of money from the sale of the right defender, Alistair Johnston to Celtic.
Filling the full-back role last season at Montreal, a club that joined the MLS in 2012, was ex-Tottenham, Southampton and Celtic player Victor Vaniama.
The growing interest in Muhammad does not surprise the people of Maccabi Haifa, who knew that his ability this season in Europe would lead to great interest in him. It is estimated that other teams besides Feyenoord and Montreal will try to bring the midfielder from Niger to their ranks.
In the meantime, the Greens took off to Greece for a five-day training camp in the city of Thessaloniki in collaboration with Aris Thessaloniki. Tomorrow at 14:45 the Greens will play against Heraklis Larisas from the second league and on Sunday there will be a match against Aris Thessaloniki at the host’s stadium.