The Panionios Gazette
Squad1 May 2028
Álvaro Zamora 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 Panionios this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad1 May 2028
A row about effort at Panionios
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Zé Leite was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad1 May 2028
Panionios count the cost of losing Anastasios Ioannidis
36 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Market1 May 2028
Talks stall between Panionios and Tiago Simões
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout1 May 2028
No hiding place for Giorgos Papacharalabous
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Giorgos Papacharalabous, and the manager let it.
Squad1 May 2028
A season on the outside for Nair Tiknizyan
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Panionios has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
Market1 May 2028
The André Moreira story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until André Moreira signs something — a contract at Panionios or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout1 May 2028
Pablo Santana has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Panionios will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market1 May 2028
The shop window has Miha Sitar in it
Panionios have let the market know Miha Sitar can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
In brief
- The dugout Tais Šabotić knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager makes Manel Royo a promise