Fabian Lauri

Goalkeeper - Free Agent
19 Jul 2028
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Fabian Lauri

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The Sliema Wanderers Herald

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Uroš Đuranović

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Thiago Espíndola out for 81 days

The medical room confirms 81 days on the sidelines for Thiago Espíndola, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Juan Mezú 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 Sliema Wanderers know it.

Squad

Tempers go at Sliema Wanderers

Juan Mezú 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.

Squad

Sliema Wanderers count the cost of losing Vito Plut

30 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

Match

Birkirkara take the points off Sliema Wanderers

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Sliema Wanderers Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Uroš Đuranović

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Fabian Lauri asks to leave Sliema Wanderers

“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

Vito Plut 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.

Player ratings

Roko Prša stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.50 on the card, and the Sliema Wanderers support went home talking about one name.

Market

A long bet from Sliema Wanderers on Isaac Debono

He is 16, and nobody at Sliema Wanderers signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Market

Sliema Wanderers sign Fabian Debono, one for the future

Fabian Debono is 16, and Sliema Wanderers have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

A long bet from Sliema Wanderers on Jean Ellul

He is 17, and nobody at Sliema Wanderers signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Match

Point won or two lost for Sliema Wanderers?

Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Valletta? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.

Squad

Roko Prša says his piece

“If we are going to be beaten, let it not be because somebody in here could not be bothered.” He stood up and said it in front of everybody, which is a thing a squad remembers about a man for years.

In brief