The AEL Larisa Sentinel
Boardroom4 Jun 2029
AEL Larisa spell it out for Manolis Siovas
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Manolis Siovas has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Match4 Jun 2029
AEL Larisa sink to position 12
20 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market4 Jun 2029
Only the photograph left for Marios Siabanis
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Marios Siabanis will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around AEL Larisa the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market4 Jun 2029
Milton Castagna 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 Larisa can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Tempers go at AEL Larisa
Yvann Maçon was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market4 Jun 2029
Eyes on Jonathan Agyekum again
The phone has started ringing about Jonathan Agyekum again, and this time the name on the line is Asteras. AEL Larisa are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Benoît Berger signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Benoît Berger and AEL Larisa agree another 3 years.
Market4 Jun 2029
AEL Larisa buy the years ahead of Benoît Berger
He is 18, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Marios Siabanis knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Marios Siabanis trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Boardroom $1.3M taken back off the AEL Larisa table
- Squad A season on the outside for Kidani
- Boardroom The AEL Larisa dressing room answers