The AEL Courier
Market27 Aug 2029
Ali Ishaku hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AEL can pretend not to have heard.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Grigoris Pittas keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” AEL may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings27 Aug 2029
Nothing got past Stephane Keller
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 24 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Luther Singh 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.
Market27 Aug 2029
Constantinos Soteriou comes home
The shirt still fits. Constantinos Soteriou is back at AEL, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market27 Aug 2029
As if he never left: Giorgos Kolias returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Giorgos Kolias is a AEL player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market27 Aug 2029
As if he never left: Ioannis Antoniou returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Ioannis Antoniou is a AEL player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Boardroom27 Aug 2029
The numbers do not look good at AEL
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Player ratings27 Aug 2029
Luther Singh in the eights
A performance of 9.13 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Bassel Jradi
- Squad Július Szӧke gets it from the manager
- Match Luther Singh the difference as AEL beat Agia Napa