Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Kfar Saba are expected to continue their cooperation this season, with Haifa again looking to give its young players more minutes through loans. The club says the current season was positive, and three prospects, Itai Ehud, Amit Arzi and Yavlo Gatatcho, will even begin preseason training with the first team.
Among the players likely to be loaned to Kfar Saba again are Hamza Shibli, who arrived in January and had a successful spell there, as well as Tomer Lanz and Adi Tzur. Another candidate is Daniel Drazi, who has already appeared for Maccabi Haifa’s senior side.
Kfar Saba wanted Drazi as early as January, but Haifa kept him at the club so he could be part of the youth team’s Champions League campaign. After serving this season as an over-age player in the youth setup, the expectation is that he will have a strong year in the National League and then return to the senior squad.
Two youth players Kfar Saba also wants are Niv Gabai and Itai Solomon. Gabai prefers to stay in the Premier League and is attracting interest from Kiryat Shmona, while Solomon may remain an over-age player in the youth team. Other players who could eventually end up in Kfar Saba are Nehorai Yifrach, Sharyl Cohen and Moran Wahab, all of whom will not stay at Maccabi Haifa and are under contract for next season.
