The Kavala Chronicle
Squad16 Aug 2027
Vasilis Gavriilidis breaks a bone — 92 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 92 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market16 Aug 2027
Andrés Galetto asks to leave Kavala
“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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Kavala turn down JIPPO for Joel Lebrón
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
No thanks: Kostas Souvlatzis rejects the move
Kavala had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at PAOK, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words at Kavala training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Antonio Navas 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.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Kavala rebuffed over Máximo Desábato
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Estudiantes have kept their man, and Kavala go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Kavala
Ignacio Rodríguez and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Kavala count the cost of losing Dimitrios Manolas
15 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
A loan move for Filip Bainović is in the works
Kavala have made the call to OFI. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- The dugout A door opens for Vasilis Gavriilidis
- The dugout Joel Lebrón knocks on the manager's door
- Market The shop window has Vasilis Katsoulidis in it