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Maccabi Haifa Registers Nigel Lonwijk as Trialist to Bypass Foreign Player Limit
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First reported by N12 · 13 minutes ago
What happened
Maccabi Haifa registered new defender Nigel Lonwijk as a trialist for the Toto Cup to bypass the foreign player limit, with the club needing to release one foreign player before the transfer window closes.
- 01Maccabi Haifa registered Nigel Lonwijk as a trialist for the Toto Cup match.
- 02The club already has eight foreign players, reaching the maximum quota.
- 03Registering Lonwijk as a trialist is allowed in the Toto Cup competition.
- 04Lonwijk will make his debut against Hapoel Kiryat Shmona in Netanya.
- 05Haifa must release one foreign player before the transfer window ends.
- 06Current foreign players include Tsunami, Yella Betay, and others.
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