From the moment I accepted the proposal of Mr Ivan Savvidis to join this great Club, I have always been at his disposal in order to cover any need of the football section. I hope that the period of almost 3 years I spent as Sports Director will remain in the fans’ memory as an honourable and successful one.

PAOK needs are growing and so is the Club. After three years of intense pressure, suspense and considerable effort, it’s time for me to delegate my daily duties and remain at a position that will allow me to combine my family and personal engagements with my need to continue helping PAOK.

Although PAOK and I met late, the Club will be forever in my heart. I will always be grateful to Ivan Savvidis and his family for bringing me to PAOK and handing me all the means to do a successful job. I would also like to thank all members of the board, the personnel and employees for our daily collaboration. I wish to express my gratitude to the coaches and players I met and cooperated with during the last three years. Last but not least, a huge “thank you” to the great PAOK fans, unique in the football universe, for their support through thick and thin. They deserve this year’s league title and many more titles in the future!

I will continue to serve the Club’s interests as an external consultant and hopefully I will continue to be of service to PAOK.

Sincerely,

Ľuboš Micheľ«