A former great talent from Anderlecht and Standard signs for two years in Norway

Manchester City had pushed hard

Trained in Anderlecht where he drove recruiters from big clubs crazy at the very beginning of his adolescence (Manchester City had made financial pressure to attract him), Patoulidis finally signed his first professional contract at Standard. Those around him were then disappointed by his progress at Neerpede and had been seduced by the project in Liège.

Michel Preud’homme had it right but he failed to break into the first team. He had tried to bounce back in Ostend but the financial problems of the Coasters had sent him to unemployment. Before the rebound in Finland and now Norway.