The AEK Sentinel
Market24 Aug 2026
Alexander Callens turns Panionios down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Domagoj Vida asks to leave AEK
“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.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
AEK go back to the board over Jeremy Antonisse
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.2M — a club that wants Jeremy Antonisse enough to be asked twice.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at AEK
Lorenzo Pirola 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Eyes on Alberto Brignoli again
The phone has started ringing about Alberto Brignoli again, and this time the name on the line is Olympiacos. AEK are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market24 Aug 2026
Petros Mantalos told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Petros Mantalos has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at AEK.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Kaan Kairinen still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at AEK would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Looking ahead24 Aug 2026
AEK host Volos NPS
Next up at home: Volos NPS, who go into it in position 14. The kind of fixture a season is quietly built on or quietly loses its shape in.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager comes out for Oleksandr Zubkov
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Oleksandr Zubkov has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
In brief
- Squad Good reports on Lovro Majer
- Squad Petros Mantalos back in training