The Asteras Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Asteras
Julián Bartolo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Asteras rebuffed over Nabil Makni
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Volos NPS have kept their man, and Asteras go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Asteras
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alberto Simoni was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
Asteras promote Thanasis Torosidis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thanasis Torosidis has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Asteras promote Angelos Fortounis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Angelos Fortounis has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Stavros Tsadjaris steps up from the Asteras academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stavros Tsadjaris has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Angelos Limnios steps up from the Asteras academy
- Squad Ricardinho remains an outsider
- Squad Giannis Kotsiras walks taller at Asteras