The Gzira United Courier
Squad31 Aug 2026
Luís Riascos damages knee ligaments — 94 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 94 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Marc Van de Bovenkamp out for 52 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Gzira United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market31 Aug 2026
Gabriel Mentz 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 The request is on a desk at Gzira United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
Gzira United say no — this time
The offer from Valletta for Gabriel Mentz 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.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Gzira United
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market31 Aug 2026
Ian Bajada steps up from the Gzira United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ian Bajada 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
One of our own: Edward Ellul joins the Gzira United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Edward Ellul is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Mihajlo Stojanović
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match29 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Gzira United against Birkirkara
0‑1 to Birkirkara, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Gzira United
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Gzira United
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Elguja Grigalashvili