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A new rumor, this time an Austro-Bosnian kid named Ermin Mahmic, from Slovan Liberec. Plays AM. https://www.transfermarkt.us/ermin-mahmic/profil/spieler/803049 All of our recent rumors have been very young, which I like. Assuming we sign most of them, it will be interesting to see how many minutes Lisci is willing to give them. He seems very willing so far.

Rumors of the above are continuing to percolate. I was chatting with our friend in CT and uncovered that he had suffered a torn ACL last year, and then after his return to competitive action aggravated that same (repaired) tendon and so was put into their B team for rehab purposes. This is going to be a risky one, should we do it. At the same time, there are also rumors that we've "closed" the deal for Ognjen Ugresic, of Partizan. He plays the same position (CM), is younger, and will probably be more expensive. But perhaps both a higher upside and less risk of a career-ending injury. Surely we're not going for both? https://www.transfermarkt.com/ognjen-ugresic/profil/spieler/895606 -edit- seeing the deal for Ugresic is 8mm + bonus + a friendly that will be played during the national team break. Expected in SKG on Wednesday (tomorrow!). Here's a highlight reel.

Maybe more concerning - are our other players so bad that he thinks Taylor is an upgrade? I am hoping this is all just so he could rest Zafeiris/Santamaria/Camara. Hopefully Celtic makes an offer on him soon so this becomes a moot point.

He's asked about Taylor in the midfield at about the 34 minute mark, and he was pretty emphatic that he considers him a midfielder, due to his intelligence. Oh, my!

Did the goalie guess right, or did he stare into Zivkovic's soul and find his deepest insecurities???

See how good we are without 'dead weight delias'???

Only because I'm not there to hug him

My god το κάρφωσε as they say

My boy! My beautiful boy!!!!!

Another rumor! If we do end up losing Camara (as I expect), then we'll def need a midfielder. https://www.transfermarkt.pt/daniel-braganca/profil/spieler/461943 Though I'm not sure why he'd ever choose us over Torino.

Additional rumors that Matos has tried to make a few acquisitions but has been blocked by our girl Maria G. Who knows if that's true. Anyway, another striker rumor is David Strelec, a Slovakian striker who plays for Middlesborough. 13 goals + two assists in 44 games last season, all competitions. https://www.transfermarkt.com/david-strelec/profil/spieler/482836

Ali not making the list for this game makes me doubt we'll see him on Thursday. Hopefully I'm wrong there.

Jeremejeff's departure was announced by the club. Good luck to him. Much more effective last year than I expected him to be. There is a rumor we're trying to get Sandro Kulenovic on loan from Torino, and offered 200k as a type of loan fee with a buy out price (non-mandatory) of 5 million. Torino has not agreed but perhaps if this is real, the final numbers won't be far off. https://www.transfermarkt.us/sandro-kulenovic/profil/spieler/357778 Last season he scored 11 goals and had three assists in 40 matches, across all competitions.

We can beat them but we also clearly are floundering. Giannoulis, Camara, Shoretire, Ndiaye should start the next game. Amazing that Hatzidiakos manages to get YET ANOTHER YELLOW. Glad Lisci at least has the balls to start new players but I really question some of his decisions (Taylor, mainly). Hopefully Ali will be able to contribute too. Really happy to see Shoretire back as well.

And there we have it! Hopefully Giannoulis is ready to go. Guess we won't see an own goal from Michailidis after all.

-edit- original post was made before I realized that there was a 7th page to this conversation Anyway, I see a new rumor for the one and only Philippe Coutinho, probably based on a theory of overlap with Matos' time at Vasco da Gama https://www.transfermarkt.us/philippe-coutinho/profil/spieler/80444

Think he'll learn a lesson? Or nah?

Seeing a bunch of posts about Koulouris having agreed terms with the team, so looks like our downgrade from Giakoumakis is complete.

inPAOK was saying the trainings make it looks like they might play a 4-3-3 with Louchet or Camara as the third option. Doesn't really make the picture clearer, of course. Just means we can expect to see one of Louchet, Camara, or Pelkas get the start there. I am certain that either way, Chatsidis gets the start on the right wing. In other news, it looks like Ali trained normally so I wouldn't be surprised if he sees action (though probably as a sub, I'd assume). I thought I saw him wearing a brace of some sort as well.

Ugh and Taylor as CM

Bet you they're going to make the update with another signing right before the game

I can't imagine we'll have a very different starting lineup than last game. Pelkas for Konstantelias, Chatsidis for Zivkovic. A shame Despodov still isn't able to play. I would also not be shocked if we play three CMs instead of Pelkas, though. Santamaria/Zafeiris/Camara.

Seems he's coming as a free agent? Not bad, but if he's any good then I wonder why he'd come to us at all. Hopefully this turns out all right.

Just noticed that Taha Ali is listed as expected to return on the 24th per Transfermarkt. I did see a report a week or so ago that he had started training again (but mostly separately) so hopefully he will be ready soon.

Done deal: I should also note that there are additional rumors that we're trying to take a few players on loan from BVB. I don't know how realistic these rumors are. I will say that Inacio would make some sense in Lisci's preferred formation. Especially if we don't play an actual #10 in some games. Samuele Inacio: plays SS https://www.transfermarkt.com/samuele-inacio/profil/spieler/1058359 Christos Kostoglou: plays midfield https://www.transfermarkt.com/christos-kostoglou/profil/spieler/1392938