“The chance is increasing that Giakou stay with us. And I also hope he stays. There is certainly interest in him, but it must be interesting for us as a club and for Giakou self. Until now nothing has been of interest to either of us. Giakou is very real in it. He also knows that there is a good chance that much more interesting options will come for him in the summer, ”said Valckx.
The technical director gets all the compliments for picking up the striker in Poland, where he was by no means a resounding success last season as a mercenary of AEK Athens at Gornik Zabrze. Valckx works at VVV without a scouting device and is dependent on tips from its network. This time, a phone call from a broker turned out to be worth gold. Giakoumakis was taken over by VVV from AEK Athens for just over 100,000 euros and is now worth many times that amount.
Valckx is not patting himself about his discovery. “Nobody could have foreseen that he would score so much. If you had relied purely on his statistics, you would not have made it. But we also look at other things. We were looking for a striker who wanted to roll up our sleeves and play for the team. We saw those qualities again Giakou. That is also evident, because he lets the entire team share in the success. It was also just a good team performance against Vitesse. The first half was our best half of the season. ”
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