The Aris Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Aris say no — this time
The offer from Paralimni for Edi Semedo 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Aris rebuffed over Dimitris Diamantakos
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. APOEL have kept their man, and Aris go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gédéon Kalulu signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gédéon Kalulu and Aris agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Aris
Gédéon Kalulu 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Aris promote Nikos Economides from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nikos Economides 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kyriakos Nicolaou steps up from the Aris academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kyriakos Nicolaou 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
Aris promote Pieros Kastanos from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Pieros Kastanos 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
The formation has left Obbi Oularé behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Aris will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Charalabos Charalabous falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- The dugout Charalabos Charalabous gets it from the manager
- The dugout Gédéon Kalulu asks for a word with the manager