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Is 18 players the maximum they were allowed to bring? Also, I noticed that yesterday's CL final involved only four subs per team. So what is it for this game? Three? Four? Five?! So confusing!

Makes no sense. There have been some rumors popping up on instagram fan pages that Matos is upset that the team isn't offering him an additional extension on his contract (and that he's "lost" his starting role). I figured that was baseless but perhaps there's a kernel of truth to it. -edit- I should also mention that Mihaj wasn't included either, which is also strange.

They can't afford me.

How has it been at bars/clubs/beaches? My cousin has been on Samothraki for the past week and judging by the pics he's shared, it seems like nobody is taking any precautions...

Assuming either of the two even is legitimately interested in him... Saw another few posts today about KAA Gent being interested in Limnios. The very same Gent that is coached by Baloni. I took a quick look at their squad and could it be true that they have no right wingers?? https://www.transfermarkt.com/kaa-gent/startseite/verein/157

Yeah it's almost as if his inability to play for us for two years was made up! Shock!

Now some more fun Giannoulis rumors. This time Newcastle and Watford. The Watford thing is probably people connecting the dots between Ivic and Giannoulis. I don't buy it. https://www.sportime.gr/paok/paok-apoklistiko-dinata-gia-giannouli-i-gouotfornt/ Followed by this (the same author):

Friends?! IN THIS ECONOMY?!

I look forward to seeing him loaned out to AEL and then forgotten! Word has it that our young LB the coach was so keen on is about to be given free to Panaitolikos btw.

Panathinaikos, who appears to have a case of the 'rona. Something tells me this season isn't going to last too long. Tzolis grabbed a very important new number: https://inpaok.com/654250/h-allagi-tou-tzoli/

Re: our goalie - DUDE I HAVE NO IDEA! Like, he's not exactly on crazy wages. This whole thing makes no sense to me. If he is agitating to leave, then he's definitely keeping it very quiet. I know at least one of the instagram fan pages did some legwork and identified two or three teams that it could potentially be, but none of them seemed impressive to me. That being the case....why go?

Think of it this way - Wernbloom and Stoch were never going to start in this match. It's possible that Stoch might have been a sub, but I think it's unlikely...if the end result of them both leaving is that we save even just a million this year, the team will probably think it's a good trade-off. Giannoulis and Limnios are a bigger problem long-term; it all depends on who replaces them I guess. The thing is, Ferreira also deserves a chance to build his own team. I can't complain TOO much about players leaving; just have to hope that enough good ones come in to make it worthwhile.

I noticed! But I thought it was a typo ?

I thought Lyratzis got released. Interesting.

Makes sense, thank you! So if one of these guys has an explosive season, we can get him back for relatively little. I'm sure we'll screw it up anyway!

Melissas free to Panaitolikos. Seems Wernbloom is finally gone as well. -edit- reading now that we have a resale clause and also can re-sign him. How does re-signing a player work??

Re-signing, huh? Never heard of that!

I guess Turkey's gonna broadcast on "Kanal D" Just looked it up and there IS a streaming portion, though who knows if this will work for us (or if this is the specific channel): https://www.kanald.com.tr/yayin-akisi

Latest rumors were that he was headed to Cyprus on a loan, which can't be right - why would we extend him just to send him on loan? No, it'll be a sale or he's staying on. I wonder if Vieirinha running to daddy will pay out for him?

That *should* have been Jaba though I doubt we'll see much out of him.

Yeah no good. I don't mind the Macron logo but it looks cartoony here (including the one on the shoulder)

Crazy that we don't know what to do with our GKs. Sell Pashalakis, release Rey, have Melissas and Zivkovic compete for the starting spot. Call up a child once in a while when needed. Come on, people!

Really didn't expect that, congrats to the kid

Do you know if it was for a sale, or a loan? I saw a (very) unreliable thing about a loan earlier which seems silly to me. Plus, isn't he not making a particularly large amount of money? Not sure why such a desire to get rid of him, though if we got a good offer then it should obviously be considered.

Yes you're right...alas, it seems it's a done deal: