The Ethnikos Achnas Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Arayik Eloyan is a medical away from Ethnikos Achnas
The deal with Ararat-Armenia is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Alexandros Kouros turns down Ethnikos Achnas
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Ethnikos Achnas
Neneco 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
Patronato tell Ethnikos Achnas: Joaquín Barolín 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ioannis Makris joins the Ethnikos Achnas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ioannis Makris is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Constantinos Loizou steps up from the Ethnikos Achnas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Constantinos Loizou 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Valentinos Christofi steps up from the Ethnikos Achnas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentinos Christofi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ethnikos Achnas promote Georgios Demetriou from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Georgios Demetriou 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jonas Perrault is a square peg at Ethnikos Achnas
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and Ethnikos Achnas are still learning each other
- Squad Sören Dutoit remains an outsider
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Patrick Bahanack