The Pafos Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Pafos say no — this time
The offer from AEL for Jajá was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Pafos
David Luiz was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Pafos rebuffed over Fernando Forestieri
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AEL have kept their man, and Pafos go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kyriakos Nicolaou steps up from the Pafos academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kyriakos Nicolaou 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
Pafos promote Jason Pittas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jason Pittas 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
Pafos promote Marios Demetriou from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marios Demetriou 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Pafos
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Samy Mmaee was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Pafos ask about Juan Muriel
A loan enquiry to La Equidad: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Nikolas Ioannou knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Nikolas Ioannou trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu remains an outsider
- Squad An aura around Radosław Majecki