The Tirana Sentinel
Market23 Aug 2027
Abdelhakim Omrani 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 The request is on a desk at Tirana, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market23 Aug 2027
Tirana say no — this time
The offer from Bylis for Klajdi Kuka was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market23 Aug 2027
Donat Mehmeti’s move to Partizani Tirana falls through
The deal that would have taken Donat Mehmeti to Partizani Tirana has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Tirana with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Elio Gjoshi at Tirana
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Elio Gjoshi is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A late step up for Basilio Basilio
At 28 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Visar Bekaj falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Tirana
- Market Visar Bekaj linked with a move away
- Boardroom Tirana board back the manager