The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Apollon is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Apollon, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Apollon they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Dimitris Diamantakos arrives at 34 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Apollon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Apollon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Apollon spent the window trying to move Agapios Vrikkis on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Apollon pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Apollon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A new face in his position, and Saúl Reyes suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Apollon have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Apollon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Garry Rodrigues has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Apollon know, and have known for weeks.
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Apollon know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.