The Levadiakos Herald
Market21 Apr 2031
Wisdom Sule 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 Levadiakos can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Apr 2031
A row about effort at Levadiakos
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kostas Goumas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad21 Apr 2031
Sotiris Ragias 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 Levadiakos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout21 Apr 2031
Giannis Sourdis gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Giannis Sourdis is on it.
The dugout21 Apr 2031
Dimitris Theodoridis 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 Dimitris Theodoridis trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market21 Apr 2031
Still no ink between Levadiakos and Felix Gerstmayer
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Levadiakos, another week without a signature from Felix Gerstmayer.
The dugout21 Apr 2031
Artem Glotsko 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.
Market21 Apr 2031
Marios Vichos linked with a move away
The name of Marios Vichos keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Levadiakos say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout21 Apr 2031
A door opens for Kostas Polykratis
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Market The clock does José Albert’s negotiating for him
- Squad Stefan Odegaard has had enough of the bench
- Boardroom The Levadiakos production line keeps running