Daniel Piorkowski has not agreed to the contract offered him by the Melbourne Victory. He is set to move on once his contract expires in July.
The news was reported in The Age today, alongside a report about Milicevic leaving.
Piorkowski’s departure isn’t all that surprising, given his constant battle with injury over the past two season. According to Gary Cole, Piorkowski turned down the club’s contract offer “and that will be the end of it”. There is no mention of what the contract offer was, but it’s possible that the Victory offered Piorkowski a pay-cut.
It’s a shame to see Piorkowski go, but I think Melbourne has the players to cover his loss in defence. After all, the club had to do without him for most of the past two seasons.
The Gold Coast Galaxy appear likely to pursue Piorkowski.
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4 responses so far ↓
1 Brenton // Feb 23, 2008 at 11:58 am
its definatley a loss adn im sure many fanes, including myself wil be sad to see him go, but given that he has suffered alot with injury and hasnt played much the last 2 years its probably best for him to get a fresh start somewhere:) im sure i’ll be eating my words next year when he fires up!
2 Lager Lout from South End Till I Die // Feb 25, 2008 at 9:32 am
There is no doubt that he is a loss.
We had the troops last year to cover him in the form Adrian Leijer and Simon Storey but with both of them gone and Pior injured we looked fragile at best down back all year.
We were so fragile that Ernie had to put Muscat back there because we were hemoraging goals. He is a definite loss and as it stands we do not have the players to cover for him.
3 Astri // Feb 25, 2008 at 10:15 am
Big loss, Piorkowski looked the goods. However in the cold light of day the club would had to have reduced his pay as he has high risk injury concerns. Chances are he is one of those talented kids that gets cut down by injury all the time. Ryall has come in to fill the void and Steve Pace showed he can mix it there too. With Ljubo gone maybe the club can sign another defender.
4 Mick // Feb 26, 2008 at 4:23 pm
No loss at all in my opinion. Never put more then 3 or 4 games together. Muscat is a natural defender and should be played at CB next to Roddy.
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