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Looks like the team rejected the proposal from NOVA. As long as PAOKTV lives on for us foreigners, I remain satisfied.

That's a hell of an offense. I wonder if Tzimas might get a promotion (assuming we don't find a free agent for that position)...

I haven't seen anything about a purchase option but I do see that his contract with NY ends next June. He won't command an Oliveira-level price tag.

Some more announcements: Lamprou was announced by OFI as well. I think we're at 29 players now, which is right at Lucescu's sweet spot.

I only saw (through very unreliable sites) that it was allegedly a team from a foreign league. So your guess is as good as anyone's!

Guy was too young to have wasted away his career in Turkey. Perhaps he wants to get another deal over in Italy again. I'm sure he could find a club. I found the "1.5mm euro" offer to be the most suspicious part of this rumor, myself. Seems very low.

Apparently the Mihaj offer was rejected (please God let that be true!). Lamprou might be gone any hour now, meanwhile.

Well we basically have enough players lying around to fill out both a B team and fill positions in several other clubs. Probably shows that we own way too many players TBH.

Ninua announced on loan. Hopefully he gets a ton of playing time and comes back excellent. https://www.paokfc.gr/nea/20210830-sumfonia-me-tin-anorthosi-gia-daneismo-tou-ninua/

Looks like the Warda deal is done. We maintain a 50% resale rate. I doubt we will see a dime from this.

Apparently Gordetziani got seriously injured and will be operated on. Yikes.

Uhhh what? NO. https://inpaok.com/698685/sto-myalo-tou-paok-kai-o-loukas-pereth/

I don't think anything really happens if it isn't on Instagram.

El Kaddouri out for 4-6 weeks. Have we ever had a player more fragile than this guy?

The younger Varela scored the winning goal vs Asteras today, further extending the K19's winning streak.

Some other rumors... Mihaj - some "foreign team" wants him on a loan. Would be a shame to lose him when I think he's probably better than either of our "starters" but I don't think he's destined to stay. Ninua - Anorthosis still interested in him Warda - also linked with Cyprus (as already noted) Lamprou - NFC Volos, probably a loan Transfermarkt lists Bradonjic as being on the senior team, which we already know is out of date. Take him + those four above out of the list, and we're at around 27 players. Perhaps we'll see Kagawa, Lyratzis, Tsiggaras and Esiti go too (especially since Mitra is about to be announced and we might be grabbing another AM). I think that judging by Augusto wearing the #8 jersey last game, that Lucescu is planning to keep him

I thought so as well. Hopefully playing in the second division will help him improve enough to make a case for himself next season (though with Lucescu, I doubt it). -edit- here are the highlights:

So they kept Bradonjic after all. Good to see that he scored. Very happy that Gaitanidis made an appearance as well.

Almost four weeks until the first match. Lots of time to prepare, and of course that first one should be the second-easiest (with the easiest being our last of course). For one the schedule is kindest to us. Team should be fully ready, finally.

We have, what, four days left? Two signings to be announced still (winger and fullback). Should be plenty of time to see more players cut.

Bet you we'll have Basel again. A shame we have a worse team than last time (so far).

A shame that El Kaddouri could be out for a while. But entirely in keeping with my expectations of him!

Thank you!

I just wish it wouldn't always come down to the wire. Hopefully the team clicks. Akpom is a good get, let's see how these other guys work out. Would expect a few more players to be cut soon. Anyone know offhand what competing in the ECL will net us now?

We're playing much better than last time, thank God