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Me too. On the other hand it's a good chance for him to play ball. He's gifted and, at that age of 28 years old, is a great opportunity for him to prove his talent. If not now for him, then when? The whole point is to find out players to cooperate with them in the field. And I think that Aris has such level players.

Canas gave our team incredible stability in that midfield, that's for sure. If you recall, Lucescu has said in the past that he doesn't really believe in DMs per se. Which is why he's so willing to have two standard CMs (Mauricio/Shakhov or Mauricio/Misic). Hell, even Wernbloom is a bit more offensive than I'd expect for a guy in the DM position. For me, the jury is still out on Pontus since it seems to take everyone forever to acclimate to Greece, but there are some interesting decisions to be made for those two positions: Mauricio, Misic, Wernbloom, Moulin, Balogiannis, Charisis <-- players we for sure will have under contract Canas, Shakhov <-- players whose contracts are up, previous rumors say only one will be re-signed Oliveira <-- 6-month loan with a presumably massive cost to make permanent That's nine players. If we move on Oliveira, then I can't see either Canas or Shakhov coming back. It wouldn't make sense. And yes I know Moulin is almost certainly going to be released (though I can see Charisis being loaned out again). Also - why do you guys think Branco has nothing to do with these moves? He's a Portuguese TD who has grabbed two players from Portugal. Or are you just waiting to credit him with any failures, you negative nancies?!

I wish someone offered me half millions dollars at 32 or 42 or 52 years old!