The Iraklis Courier
Market4 Jan 2027
Iraklis say no — this time
The offer from PAOK for Amr Warda 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
Kristian Kushta puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Iraklis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The season belongs to Amr Warda
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Iraklis have had the benefit of it.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Dimitris Stournaras says Iraklis went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Match2 Jan 2027
Still nobody has beaten Iraklis
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at Iraklis
Ollie O'Neill 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Anastasios Tachtsidis out for 47 days
The medical room confirms 47 days on the sidelines for Anastasios Tachtsidis, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Looking ahead4 Jan 2027
Top-of-the-table clash for Iraklis
PAOK B next, and the two sides the division is watching meet each other. Whoever wins will be told nothing is decided in the same breath as being congratulated.
Market4 Jan 2027
Talks stall between Iraklis and Ollie O'Neill
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
In brief
- Boardroom $1.1M on the table at Iraklis
- The dugout A promise honoured for André Moreira
- Squad Giorgos Manalis named in the team of the month