The AEL Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
AEL turn down Pafos for Fernando Forestieri
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
AEL rebuffed over Jajá
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Pafos have kept their man, and AEL go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Francis Uzoho due for a AEL medical
Everything agreed with Omonoia, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Fernando Forestieri in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AEL this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
AEL bid $120.0K for Giorgos Naoum
The offer went to AE Kition this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Marios Pittas joins the AEL first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marios Pittas 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
Ioannis Laban steps up from the AEL academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ioannis Laban 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
One of our own: Georgios Christofi joins the AEL first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Georgios Christofi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
10 new faces, and AEL are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Obbi Oularé behind
- Squad Stefano Denswil still has not settled