Kenay

Central Midfielder - Ermis
21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
67 Edition

The Ermis Gazette

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Khalfan Mabkhout asks to leave Ermis

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Ermis lose Mateusz Musiałowski

18 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market

Luka Marijanović has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ermis they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Michalis Ioannou

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Ermis come up short against Omonoia

Omonoia left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Andreas Zachariou asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
57 Edition

The Ermis Gazette

30 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Dinamo Tbilisi come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Ermis did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Pantelis Michail keeps Ermis in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market

Constantinos Christofi is a Ermis player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Ioannis Kyriakou is a Ermis player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Jason Economides is a Ermis player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Match

Ermis get the job done against Anorthosis

A 1-0 win over Anorthosis, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Konstantinos Ilia gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Kenay makes his debut at 21

At 21 years old, Kenay became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.

Squad

Caio César knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ermis, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

  • Boardroom Ermis spend it where nobody looks
  • Boardroom Ermis keep producing them
45 Edition

The Ermis Gazette

7 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Jovan Krneta hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ermis can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Pantelis Michail gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Labros Ioannou asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Luka Tasić linked with a move away

The name of Luka Tasić keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ermis say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Caio César is not saying it is over

“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 37 with 11 appearances behind him, and Ermis have to plan for both answers.

Squad

Felipe Barrientos handed the armband

The captaincy goes to Felipe Barrientos. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.

In brief