From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market23 Aug 2027
APOEL come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and AEL did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Andrei Vlad knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AEL, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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.
Market23 Aug 2027
The name of Sérgio Conceição keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AEL say nothing, which says plenty.
Market23 Aug 2027
AEL have made Luis Morgillo available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market23 Aug 2027
4 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs AEL money.
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Uneasy
Market12 Jul 2027
“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.
Market12 Jul 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at AEL is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad12 Jul 2027
“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.
Boardroom12 Jul 2027
86% of the income goes out in wages at AEL
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Andrei Vlad knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AEL, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market12 Jul 2027
AEL have made Luis Morgillo available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Market5 Jul 2027
“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 can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 60 days on the sidelines for Andrei Vlad, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market5 Jul 2027
The fee is $420.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Pafos drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“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.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Andrei Vlad asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market5 Jul 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AEL know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 94 days on the sidelines for Andrei Vlad, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market7 Jun 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. AEL have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market7 Jun 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. AEL will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AEL, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market7 Jun 2027
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at AEL has been clear about where Vasilis Papafotis stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Uneasy
Market24 May 2027
“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.
Loan watch24 May 2027
“I did not go to AZAL to sit and watch. I want to come back to AEL and fight for my place.” 13 appearances in 39 matches say the rest.
Squad24 May 2027
Andrei Vlad asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market29 Mar 2027
“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 can pretend not to have heard.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Andrei Vlad: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” AEL have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“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.
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Crisis
Match20 Feb 2027
No end in sight to AEL's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at AEL has to find a result from somewhere.
Market22 Feb 2027
“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 can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
159% of the income goes out in wages at AEL
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Match20 Feb 2027
AE Kition left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Luis Morgillo
“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.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
Inquest at AEL
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
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Uneasy
Match13 Feb 2027
No end in sight to AEL's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at AEL has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Pablo González
“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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad15 Feb 2027
3 goals and a season average of 7.21. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match13 Feb 2027
AEL and APOEL cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. APOEL came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Market15 Feb 2027
The name of Dušan Stevanović keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AEL say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Market11 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Luis Morgillo: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” AEL have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market11 Jan 2027
Agia Napa come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and AEL did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market11 Jan 2027
Andreas Keravnos has left for Apollon in a $670.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“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.
Match9 Jan 2027
AEL and Pafos cancel each other out
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Pafos came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Upbeat
Market4 Jan 2027
Andrei Vlad 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 can pretend not to have heard.
Market4 Jan 2027
Anorthosis come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and AEL did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match2 Jan 2027
Anorthosis made AEL work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Bassel Jradi 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
Luther Singh named player of the month
The award goes to Luther Singh, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Market4 Jan 2027
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at AEL has been clear about where Andreas Panagiotou stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market4 Jan 2027
AEL and Akil Watts are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Luis Morgillo is 34, with 0 appearances behind him, and AEL will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
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Crisis
Market28 Dec 2026
“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 can pretend not to have heard.
Match26 Dec 2026
AEL come up short against Apollon
Apollon left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
410% of the income goes out in wages at AEL
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Andrei Vlad asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
The terraces28 Dec 2026
Everybody has an opinion about Andreas Makris
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
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Upbeat
Squad23 Nov 2026
Christian Vargas: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” AEL have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad23 Nov 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match21 Nov 2026
AEL get the job done against AE Kition
A 1-0 win over AE Kition, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Ángel Orué knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AEL, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market23 Nov 2026
The name of Vasilis Papafotis keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AEL say nothing, which says plenty.
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Triumph
Market7 Sep 2026
The APOEL deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Andreas Makris reports back to AEL with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Market7 Sep 2026
“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 can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 443% of everything AEL 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Three points for AEL, 1-0 the final word against Doxa in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Przemysław Tytoń asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad7 Sep 2026
AEL will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market7 Sep 2026
Experience through the door at AEL
Luis Morgillo arrives at 33 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Squad7 Sep 2026
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.