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The Pafos Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Neofytos Michail damages knee ligaments — 122 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 122 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Pafos turn down Anorthosis for Jay Gorter

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

Transfer targets

Miguelito turns down Pafos

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad

A falling-out at Pafos

David Luiz and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at Pafos training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dani Silva is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Bendegúz Kovács

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

Market

Bruno told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Bruno has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Pafos.

The dugout

Jajá 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.

Market

Michalis Patiras joins Pafos to strengthen the squad

Nobody sells a season ticket on a signing like this. Every manager who has been through a bad October wants one anyway, and Pafos have gone and got theirs early.

In brief