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Meite was our best midfielder by far. There were times he dominated opposition midfields and he was highly praised in general in the media. Samatta you could say was overall a fail. Definitely not the striker we were looking for but right now (and this is more a reflection of the squad) we need Samatta for those games where we need some physicality up front. Marcus Antonio not even bad - did he even play? He was basically a tourist.

Arxisame. I have heard kafeneio quality rumors that Ivan has cash flow problems and might be selling the club in the next season or two. Maybe your wish will come true.

Hard to believe - I think it's that time of year when the media need to start inventing stories to fill the pages. If they want to spend that much I guess the club would consider it but it's not really an upgrade - more of a side grade. I don't think the kid would want to go there. On a side note, I don't think he's ready to leave the club yet. He's had basically one good season. Not outstanding - just good. He needs to first be absolutely killing it in the Greek League before leaving for a tougher league.

The issue with getting new players is they take a very long time (for some unknown reason) to integrate into the team. So the question is, what's more important: qualifying for the CL or getting a new bunch of players that will take 6 months to learn the way Lucescu wants to play. For myself, I think we would be insane to not sign Kedziora. What more can the guy do? He was rock solid this season, the definition of reliable. Even if we got 2 new CB's I'd still sign Kedziora. Same goes for Meite and Schwab. They will all have a role to play in a long season with lots of games.

I doubt this is true. But it would be in line with our recent history of buying out-of-form former AEK strikers. https://inpaok.com/822630/kroatika-mme-o-paok-ekane-prosfora-se-livagia/

Konstantelias is out of the friendlies as he sustained an injury vs Aris

That foul on Konstantelias in the Aris game will apparently sideline him for at least a month. Not great, both for his preseason and for our attempts to get maximum value for him in the transfer market.

Sites are reiterating Red Bull Salzburg's interest in Konstantelias. Come on guys drop 20 million on him, do it, make a splash, you know you want to. Asteras also interested in extending their loan for Lyratzis for another season. We don't really need three RBs, and his contract with us is through June of 2026, so I could see that happening. InPAOK is saying Lucescu wants to keep all three of Kedziora, Meite, and Schwab. I should note that Kedziora is a free agent from Dinamo Kyiv next month (our loan took him through to the end of his original contract), so he and Schwab would be cheap. I am not sure that means we should re-sign them, though - I feel the team could find upgrades for all three players, even though I do like them all. Perhaps this will cause a rift that leads to Razvan leaving again, hahahaaaaaa

Couldn't find the recording of the interview itself, but perhaps this gives a taste of what's to come? Might imply we'll pass on Schwab, for example. https://inpaok.com/822585/to-plano-kai-i-proika-tou-2019/

But can we afford him?!

I think it's clear we need to get Biseswar back on loan.

Noting the current roster here. Names in bold either have expiring contracts (and may be expected to retire 😭). Names in italics are rumored to be sold. GKs: Kotarski Z Zivkovic Talichmanidis CBs: Koulierakis Kedziora Troost-Ekong Michailidis Nasberg Fullbacks Baba Rahman Vieirinha Sastre Jonny Otto Rafa Soares Midfielders Marcos Antonio Soualiho Meite Tsingaras Schwab Ozdoev Murg Konstantelias Forwards Taison Zivkovic Despodov Samatta Brandon Thomas (technically end of contract, but with one-year option remaining that will surely be picked up) Tzimas I would expect some B and K19 kids to get called up for the training camp. Here are some names that I am guessing are more likely. We probably will see some of the GKs (like Nader) show up as well. CBs: Panagiotou, Sinanaj Midfielders: Giaxis, Ninua, Andre Ricardo, Quagliata, Brandonjic (is he even on the team? Transfermarkt says he came back in January) Forwards: Hicham Kanis, Panidis Basically, we have a lot of holes to cover. For CBs, I bet Ekong and Nasberg will not be on the final roster, for example. Tsingaras has completely disappeared, so he's probably gone too. And, God willing, we'll find some saps to buy Samatta for a pack of cigarettes and a koulouri.

And that's all he wrote. Makes me sad, how Klaus' career went. He seems to have played all 90 minutes, and gotten a yellow. Not a lot of detail online, but found some game stats on transfermarkt: https://www.transfermarkt.us/spielbericht/index/spielbericht/4314392 -edit- or is the phrase, "that's all she wrote" ? I dunno I'm not, like, 80 years old 😞

The lads finished the season with a 2-4 victory in Karditsa against Anagenissi (and Klaous).

That makes so much sense - I completely missed the fact that they were both from Mallorca. Makes sense that they were on the same flight, then

Fun fact: they actually spoke in Mallorcan dialect, not Spanish!

PAOK wins the Greek Cup in penalty shootout (5:4) after the game ended 1:1 in extra time. I watched the game and PAOK was the better team on the field. We just could not break their defense. AEK relied on counter attacks and that's how they score the tying goal. This is our 7th cup title. The number would have been much larger if EPO did not cancel the competition for the past 6 years.

Cup final is 1-1 at full time. About to start extra time

Woah been in the clouds last 3 days! What a season! Ivan drop the cash now no excuses

I watched the replay of the semifinal against PAO and holy crap on a cracker what a penalty shoot out. We scored the first pen then 8 misses/saves followed

A full 30 days off. A far cry from the bad old days. Hopefully we make this a tradition too? Saw in passing that Sastre and Brandon Thomas flew back home on the same flight, and had a little impromptu interview. Cool to see, not that I know a word of Spanish beyond "hola bebe, cuanto??"

51 Greek athletes will be competing in the Balkan Championships in Izmir (Nea Smyrni), Turkey. Here are the participates: Άνδρες: 100 μ.: Νίκος Παναγιωτόπουλος (ΓΣ Άθλος Κερατσινίου), Βασίλης Μυριανθόπουλος (ΠΑΟ) 200 μ.: Σωτήρης Γκαραγκάνης (ΟΦΚΑ Οδυσσέας), Γιάννης Καριοφύλλης (ΓΑΣ Σκάλας) 400 μ.: Γιάννης Ντέτσικας (ΑΣΣ Αλέξανδρος Μακεδονίας), Γιάννης Σιμόνι (ΑΣΣ Αλέξανδρος Μακεδονίας) 800 μ.: Χάρης Ξενιδάκης (ΑΟ Σητειακός) 1.500 μ.: Γιώργος Ματζαρίδης (Πολυνίκης Ορεστιάδας) 110 μ. εμπ.: Κώστας Δουβαλίδης (ΓΣ Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος), Χρήστος Ρούμτσιος (ΟΦΚΑ Σέρρες) 400 μ. εμπ.: Δημήτρης Λεβαντίνος (ΠΑΟ) Ύψος: Αντώνης Μέρλος (ΠΑΟΚ) Μήκος: Μίλτος Τεντόγλου (ΓΣ Κηφισιάς), Νίκος Σταματονικολός (ΓΣ Ηλιούπολης) Τριπλούν: Δημήτρης Τσιάμης (ΟΣΦΠ), Νίκος Ανδρικόπουλος (Αμεινίας Μεσογείων) Επί Κοντώ: Γιάννης Ρίζος (ΑΣ Άρης) Σφαιροβολία: Οδυσσέας Μουζενίδης (ΑΣ Κένταυρος), Τάσος Λατιφλάρι (ΑΣ Κένταυρος) Σφυροβολία: Μιχάλης Αναστασάκης (ΓΣ Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος), Κώστας Ζάλτος (ΓΣ Μανδρών) Ακοντισμός: Γιάννης Κυριαζής (ΟΦΚΑ Οδυσσέας) Δέκαθλο: Άγγελος – Τζανής Ανδρέογλου (ΣΚΑ Δράμας) 4Χ100 μ.: Νίκος Παναγιωτόπουλος, Βασίλης Μυριανθόπουλος, Σωτήρης Γκαραγκάνης, Γιάννης Καριοφύλλης, Γιάννης Βοσκόπουλος (ΠΑΟ), Βασίλης Παπαμαργαρίτης (ΠΑΣ Πρωταθλητών Κομοτηνής) 4Χ400 μ.: Γιάννης Ντέτσικας, Γιάννης Σιμόνι, Χάρης Ξενιδάκης, Δημήτρης Λεβαντίνος Γυναίκες: 100 μ. – 200 μ.: Πολυνίκη Εμμανουηλίδου (ΑΣΣ Αλέξανδρος Μακεδονίας) 100 μ.: Δήμητρα Τσουκαλά (ΠΑΣ Πρωταθλητών Κομοτηνής) 200 μ.: Άρτεμις Αναστασίου (ΠΑΟ) 400 μ.: Ανδριάνα Φέρρα (Παναξιακός), Αναστασία Ράπτη (ΑΓΣΙ) 800 μ.: Γεωργία Δεσπολλάρη (ΠΑΟ) 1.500 μ.: Ανθή Κυριακοπούλου (ΠΑΟ) 100 μ. Εμπ.: Ελισάβετ Πεσιρίδου (ΓΣ Ηλιούπολης), Σοφία Ιωσηφίδου (ΟΚΑ Καβάλας) 400 μ. Εμπ.: Δήμητρα Γναφάκη (ΠΑΟ), Λάουρα Ζενέγια (ΑΣΣ Αλέξανδρος Μακεδονίας) 3.000 μ. Στιπλ: Ισαβέλλα Κοτσαχείλη (Πανιώνιος) Ύψος: Παναγιώτα Δόση (ΓΣ Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) Μήκος: Μαρία Στεφανοπούλου (ΑΣΣ Αλέξανδρος Μακεδονίας), Ανδριάνα Γκόγκα (ΑΣ Πανοράματος) Τριπλούν: Οξάνα Κορένεβα (ΓΣ Κηφισιάς), Μαρία Πούρτσα Επί κοντώ: Αριάδνη Αδαμοπούλου (ΓΣ Κηφισιάς), Ελένη Πόλακ (ΑΟ Μεγάρων) Σφαιροβολία: Μαρία Μαγκούλια (Α.Ε. Καζώνης-Κάλυμνος 2000) Σφυροβολία: Σταματία Σκαρβέλη (ΓΣ Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) Ακοντισμός: Ελίνα Τζένγκο (ΑΣ Κένταυρος) Έπταθλο: Αναστασία Ντραγκομίροβα (ΑΣ Κένταυρος), Σοφία Καμπερίδου (Πυγμή Ευόσμου) 4Χ100 μ.: Δήμητρα Τσουκαλά, Άρτεμις Αναστασίου, Ελισάβετ Πεσιρίδου, Στέλλα Μιχαηλίδου (ΑΟ Ερμής), Ραφαέλα Σπανουδάκη (ΓΣ Ηλιούπολης) 4Χ400 μ.: Ανδριάνα Φέρρα, Αναστασία Ράπτη, Γεωργία Δεσπολλάρη, Δήμητρα Γναφάκη, Λάουρα Ζενέγια

With fans (women and children) apparently.

Once again the pre-season training will take place in Horst, Holland - players to report in Thessaloniki in June 20, 2024 - training sessions at Nea Mesimvria (June 24 - June 29, 2024) - pre-season training at Horst, Holland (July 1 - July 15). Four per-season friendlies are planned.

Greek Cup final for our girls tomorrow at Panthessaliko stadium in Volos: WOMEN'S GREEK CUP - FINAL 22-MAY-2024 16:00 EEST (13:00 UTC, 08:00 CDT, 23:00 AEST) PAOK Thessaloniki - AEK Athens TV: Action 24 (Greece), Action 24 Web Stream: https://www.action24.gr/live-stream/ (worldwide)