Alves in agony

At first he was happy. Neymar’s father would give the one million euros for the guarantee. Until the coffers were closed in the Spanish prisons he did not. This resulted in Dani Alves remaining in prison. Neymar says he made the transfer and it is a matter for the court to verify that it has actually been done and to proceed with drawing up an order to notify Brians 2 prison, in Barcelona, ​​to release the Brazilian ex-Barcelona ace. On the other hand, if the payment has not been made by today, he will have to wait until Monday for the money to appear. This means the former international footballer will have to spend the weekend in the detention centre.

Without their main goalkeeper, Simon Mignolet (hamstring injury), Brugge will probably line up in the two matches against PAOK, for the quarter-final stage of the Europa Conference League. I remember that Mignolet was on Liverpool’s roster from 2013 to ’19, he played in many matches, so we are talking about an experienced goalkeeper who recently (6/3) turned 36.

Months after leaving Portugal and Benfica for England and Nottingham, Odysseas Vlachodemos, according to “Kicker”, has been targeted by Stuttgart. I note here that as I read, Christos Jolis may move to another German team, Union Berlin, after his impressive performances with Fortuna Dusseldorf. And I add that in Munich, the president of Bayern, Uli Hennessy, confirmed that Xabi Alonso is the team’s No1 choice to take over its technical leadership in the summer.

Arina Champalenka was placed for the first time publicly on the subject of the death of Konstantin Koltsov, so we learned that the veteran Belarusian ice hockey player was no longer her partner. They had separated before the tragic incident. “Konstantin’s death is an unspeakable tragedy and even though we were no longer together, my heart is broken,” Sabalenka, who will make her Miami Open debut against Bandosa today, wrote on Instagram. As for Koltsov, new reports state that he fell from the balcony of the Miami hotel because he was drunk and lost his balance. This, at least, is reported by his ex-wife, Yulia Mikhailova.

The uproar in Spanish football and throughout Europe after the authorities’ raid on the Federation’s offices continues. It made the front page of “Marca” under the title “Disgraceful Football Federation”, while the Prosecutor’s Office requests the arrest of the former president, Rubiales, who is however in the Dominican Republic and the judicial authorities have requested his extradition to Spain. Meanwhile, looking to the future, Aurelien Chouameni has confirmed that Real Madrid will not allow any of their players to compete in the Olympics. The Queen, I should say, has also become an issue for Kylian Mbappe’s monthly salary, which will reach three million euros.

In the Austrian edition of “Kicker”, Stefan Schwab spoke on the occasion of PAOK’s great qualification over Dinamo Zagreb. The ace of Dicefalos spoke of a “terrific game” referring to the rematch and did not hide that the club has big dreams for the Conference League. The championship is our daily life and to become champions in a championship with 36 rounds and three very tough competitors would be a huge achievement. But the Conference League is hotter and if we could win it, then we would be very happy”, emphasized Schwab, among other things, who did not seem to be worried about the fact that his contract with PAOK is coming to an end, pointing out that “the championship lasts until mid May and until then I won’t worry.”

A memorandum of cooperation was signed by the mandated advisor and head of the Strategic Importance Contracts Unit of TAIPED, Panagiotis Stampoulidis and the president of TEE, Giorgos Stasinos, thus sealing their close cooperation for the fastest and safest re-operation of OAKA. As part of the Memorandum, TAIPED and TEE agreed to work together with the aim of functional and static restoration of the Calatrava roofs of the central stadium and the OAKA cycling track, projects financed by the Recovery and Resilience Fund.

Representatives of FIFA/UEFA are in Athens due to the match between the Greek National Team and Kazakhstan which took place yesterday in New Philadelphia. They had a meeting with the president of the EPO, Takis Baltakos, at the Federation’s offices, while during the day they will also meet the deputy minister of sports, Yiannis Vroutsis. I am learning, however, that the appointment is also being made with both sides in mind the new sports law that provides for punishments for the PAE by the DEAB, while I do not rule out that there will also be a conversation about professional arbitration.