The Volos NPS Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Nikos Grammatikakis says no to Egaleo
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Nikos Grammatikakis had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Volos NPS make their move for Giorgos Kyriakopoulos
$2.9M on the table at Panathinaikos. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Volos NPS rebuffed over Lorenzo Pirola
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Olympiacos have kept their man, and Volos NPS go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Volos NPS go back to the board over Giorgos Kyriakopoulos
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $3.1M — a club that wants Giorgos Kyriakopoulos enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jan Hurtado signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jan Hurtado and Volos NPS agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Volos NPS
Núrio and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eleftherios Galanopoulos steps up from the Volos NPS academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Eleftherios Galanopoulos 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
Volos NPS promote Michalis Pelkas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Michalis Pelkas 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
Volos NPS promote Theodoros Pelkas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Theodoros Pelkas 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.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Nabil Makni
- Squad No place for Roger Tamba in the new shape
- The dugout Jan Hurtado knocks on the manager’s door