Denis Thomaj

Central Defender - Free Agent
18 Dec 2027
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26 Edition

The Makedonikos Herald

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market25 Jan 2027

Makedonikos turn down Neftchi for Dimitris Monastirlis

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market25 Jan 2027

Dani Morer puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Makedonikos, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout25 Jan 2027

Matías Penela: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Makedonikos have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Joe Lewis in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Makedonikos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad25 Jan 2027

Words at Makedonikos training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Antonio Leal is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Boardroom25 Jan 2027

Wages eat 114% of everything Makedonikos earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

The dugout25 Jan 2027

The manager makes an example of Paulinho Campos

“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.

Transfer targets25 Jan 2027

A loan move for Thiago Yfran is in the works

Makedonikos have made the call to Temperley. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout25 Jan 2027

When it matters, Panagiotis Katsikas plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

Back issues
25 Edition

The Makedonikos Herald

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match18 Jan 2027

Full time on the season at Makedonikos

Position 3 on 27 points. Every season is a story and this is the last line of it, and now the club has three months to decide what the next one is about.

Match16 Jan 2027

Makedonikos strike at the death to beat Niki Volos

There were 89 minutes on the clock and Niki Volos had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Makedonikos did not stop to explain themselves.

Match18 Jan 2027

Makedonikos refuse to drop out of the race

Position 3, 27 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Market18 Jan 2027

Angelos Syritoudis asks to leave Makedonikos

“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.

The dugout18 Jan 2027

Denis Thomaj: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Makedonikos have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market18 Jan 2027

Dimitris Monastirlis attracts admirers

The name of Dimitris Monastirlis has come up in conversations Makedonikos were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad18 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Makedonikos

Joe Lewis was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Match16 Jan 2027

Matías Mansilla the difference as Makedonikos beat Niki Volos

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Matías Mansilla. 2‑1 against Niki Volos, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces18 Jan 2027

One of their own: Ersi Bode

He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

In brief

23 Edition

The Makedonikos Herald

4 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad4 Jan 2027

Panagiotis Katsikas keeps Makedonikos 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.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Ginés Sorroche is named among the best

There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Makedonikos will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.

Market4 Jan 2027

Denis Thomaj asks to leave Makedonikos

“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.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Luis Boiero wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Makedonikos know it.

Squad4 Jan 2027

Tasos Pantzartzidis is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Player ratings4 Jan 2027

Christos Kryparakos was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Transfer targets4 Jan 2027

Door shut on Giannis Theodosoulakis

Makedonikos asked and OFI said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The dugout4 Jan 2027

Luis Boiero 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.

Market4 Jan 2027

Still no ink between Makedonikos and Joe Lewis

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Makedonikos, another week without a signature from Joe Lewis.

In brief