The Paralimni Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Javi Navarro 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 Paralimni can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Giorgos Katris is a medical away from Paralimni
The deal with Panathinaikos is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ilhan Fakili turns down Paralimni
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Besiktas keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sean Ioannou signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sean Ioannou commits to Paralimni for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Paralimni
Alen Kozar and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Aris tell Paralimni: Edi Semedo is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Valentinos Papoulis steps up from the Paralimni academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentinos Papoulis has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Paralimni promote Panagiotis Makris from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Panagiotis Makris has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Valentinos Georgiou steps up from the Paralimni academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentinos Georgiou has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Sean Ioannou
- Squad The formation has left Pep Caballé behind
- Transfer targets Paralimni try to borrow Joaquín Freitas