Davi Gomes

Attacking Midfielder (R) - AEL Larisa
20 Aug 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Davi Gomes

106 Edition

The AEL Larisa Sentinel

7 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Davíð Kristján Ólafsson damages knee ligaments — 81 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 81 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Transfer targets

Vasilis Athanasiou will not be coming to AEL Larisa

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Atromitos is saying, and nobody at AEL Larisa is enjoying the guessing.

Squad

Nikos Athanasiou 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 AEL Larisa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Davi Gomes 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 AEL Larisa know it.

Transfer targets

Asteras tell AEL Larisa: Alexandros Anagnostopoulos is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Pione Sisto 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

Back issues
97 Edition

The AEL Larisa Sentinel

5 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Marlon Sierra damages knee ligaments — 25 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Marlon Sierra 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 The request is on a desk at AEL Larisa, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Nikos Athanasiou

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. AEL Larisa have done the hard part with Olympiacos, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

Pantelis Hatzidiakos 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 AEL Larisa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Luka Jović

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

Squad

Pione Sisto 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.

Market

Christos Albanis is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at AEL Larisa has been clear about where Christos Albanis stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad

The formation has left Davi Gomes behind

Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. AEL Larisa will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.

The dugout

Zisis Chatzistravos 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 AEL Larisa, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief