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160 Edition

The Asteras Gazette

20 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market20 Aug 2029

Asteras turn down Volos NPS for Vasili Gordeziani

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad20 Aug 2029

A row about effort at Asteras

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nikola Šipčić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad20 Aug 2029

Dino Grozdanić 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 Asteras this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch20 Aug 2029

Konstantinos Angelakis has seen enough of Panionios

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Asteras, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Market20 Aug 2029

The Martín Pino talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Asteras know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout20 Aug 2029

Nikos Grammatikakis has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Nikos Grammatikakis has written the date down.

Squad20 Aug 2029

Nikos Grammatikakis has seen what the next man earns

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room and never have. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and at Asteras that is a harder question to answer.

The dugout20 Aug 2029

Giannis Alexandrakis 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 Giannis Alexandrakis trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market20 Aug 2029

Giannis Bouzoukis's people are making calls

“He needs to be playing at a level that matches him, and we are open to conversations.” Nobody says that by accident, and nobody at Asteras misheard it.

In brief

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157 Edition

The Asteras Gazette

30 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad30 Jul 2029

Franz Brorsson breaks a bone — 32 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 32 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market30 Jul 2029

Leandro Frroku agrees terms with Makedonikos

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Asteras people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Boardroom30 Jul 2029

Pressure builds in the Asteras boardroom

The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.

Market30 Jul 2029

Not going: Dino Grozdanić stays at Asteras

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Nestos Chrysoupoli had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Squad30 Jul 2029

Nick Perc wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Asteras know it.

Squad30 Jul 2029

Words exchanged at Asteras

Martín Pino 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.

Squad30 Jul 2029

Nikola Šipčić 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.

Transfer targets30 Jul 2029

Door shut on Joel Roca

Asteras asked and Olympiacos said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market30 Jul 2029

Franz Brorsson linked with a move away

The name of Franz Brorsson keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Asteras say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

156 Edition

The Asteras Gazette

23 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad23 Jul 2029

Franz Brorsson breaks a bone — 39 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 39 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market23 Jul 2029

Nikos Baxevanos asks to leave Asteras

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market23 Jul 2029

Kifisia come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Asteras did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad23 Jul 2029

Tempers go at Asteras

Martín Pino 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.

Squad23 Jul 2029

A row about effort at Asteras

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nick Perc was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets23 Jul 2029

Asteras rebuffed over Lefteris Lyratzis

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Atromitos have kept their man, and Asteras go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market23 Jul 2029

The Leandro Frroku conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Egaleo will make the call about Leandro Frroku this week. Asteras have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

The dugout23 Jul 2029

No hiding place for Hélder Suker

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hélder Suker, and the manager let it.

Market23 Jul 2029

The Martín Pino talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Asteras know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief