The Kampaniakos Herald
Squad31 May 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Panagiotis Papanikolaou
72 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Kampaniakos lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom31 May 2027
The scrutiny sharpens at Kampaniakos
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Kampaniakos is running low.
Squad31 May 2027
Angelos Zioulis gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Angelos Zioulis has just signed for Kampaniakos, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad31 May 2027
Cyril Zabou 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 Kampaniakos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 May 2027
Angelos Zioulis stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Angelos Zioulis and Kampaniakos agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout31 May 2027
Dimitris Karadalis 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.
Boardroom31 May 2027
98% of the income goes out in wages at Kampaniakos
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.
Boardroom31 May 2027
Kampaniakos counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Kampaniakos now.
Market31 May 2027
Kampaniakos pick up Angelos Zioulis for nothing
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Angelos Zioulis arrives at Kampaniakos with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
In brief
- Market Kampaniakos pick up Edouard Leclerc for nothing
- The dugout The manager makes Fotis Pantekidis a promise
- The dugout Spyros Chatzikyriakos asks for a word with the manager