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Steady
Squad9 Aug 2027
86 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ognjen Ožegović and AEK agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Hakim Sahabo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Steady
Squad12 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 117 days on the sidelines for Harold Moukoudi, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market12 Jul 2027
AEL Larisa come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and AEK did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market12 Jul 2027
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
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Steady
Market14 Jun 2027
Olympiacos come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and AEK did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market14 Jun 2027
The fee is $7.7M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Olympiacos drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market14 Jun 2027
The paperwork is done: André Luiz joins from Olympiacos in a deal worth $4.9M. Now comes the harder part.
Squad14 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 147 days on the sidelines for Harold Moukoudi, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market14 Jun 2027
The name of Ognjen Ožegović has come up in conversations AEK were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
The terraces14 Jun 2027
The stands have heard the Barnabás Varga talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. AEK would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
Squad14 Jun 2027
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at AEK that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Squad14 Jun 2027
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at AEK that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Lazaros Rota called up by his country
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at AEK that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
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Steady
Squad26 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 37 days on the sidelines for Eleftherios Ioannidis, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Hakim Sahabo gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market26 Apr 2027
The name of Orbelín Pineda keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AEK say nothing, which says plenty.
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Triumph
Match2 Jan 2027
AEK cannot stop winning
8 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Match2 Jan 2027
No mercy from AEK
Panetolikos will want this one forgotten quickly: 3-0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. AEK were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market4 Jan 2027
Olympiacos come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and AEK did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad4 Jan 2027
9 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Thomas Strakosha has given nobody the chance.
Loan watch4 Jan 2027
“I did not go to Aris Thessaloniki to sit and watch. I want to come back to AEK and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
Squad4 Jan 2027
One booking too many, and Harold Moukoudi sits out. AEK lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Domagoj Vida gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A season average of 7.21 with 2 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market4 Jan 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AEK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Triumph
Match26 Dec 2026
AEK cannot stop winning
7 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Match26 Dec 2026
Three points for AEK, 1-0 the final word against Panserraikos in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 130% of everything AEK earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Loan watch28 Dec 2026
“I did not go to Torpedo-BelAZ to sit and watch. I want to come back to AEK and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 15 matches say the rest.
Squad28 Dec 2026
8 shut-outs and counting. Goalkeepers are only noticed when they fail, and Thomas Strakosha has given nobody the chance.
Squad28 Dec 2026
3 goals and a season average of 7.22. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
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Triumph
Match3 Oct 2026
AEK cannot stop winning
5 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 216% of everything AEK earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match3 Oct 2026
A 2-0 win over Panetolikos, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Domagoj Vida and AEK agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. AEK have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Domagoj Vida
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market5 Oct 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Niclas Eliasson may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market5 Oct 2026
The name of Hakim Sahabo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AEK say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Aug 2026
The paperwork is done: Jan Hurtado joins from Volos NPS in a deal worth $2.2M. Now comes the harder part.
Market17 Aug 2026
The name of Niclas Eliasson has come up in conversations AEK were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Danilo Boza and AEK agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market17 Aug 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AEK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.