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More news - Rey is going on loan to C.F. Pachuca, in Mexico. Savvidis is posting the Brazilian flag on his instagram story. I figured it was just a reference to Henrique being renewed, but I'm not sure that would warrant a post. Aaaand then there's this:

Yeah you're right. And as much as I like him, he's not worth 12mm...

Confirmed by Savvidis as well! Color me surprised!

I agree. PAOK offered two years plus a pay increase to Canas, waiting on his response. Another rumor: https://www.transfermarkt.com/nikola-vukcevic/profil/spieler/151470 Not sure what his deal is, just lookit that market value drop... realistically, how many DMs do we need? If Canas comes back then we'll have three...

Posting the below vid due to this post on inPAOK: https://inpaok.com/567918/to-antio-tou-mouslimovits-video/ God so many memories. Muslimovic is still insane on facebook, last I checked.

Just think of it as the bullshit flowing through an extra filter before it reaches you! Henrique has confirmed he's in talks for an extension, but adds that other teams are interested. He's hedging against us doing what we've done several times now (jerking him around).

How can they buy Kitsiou if they can't even pay Moulin his wages? ? Were there any teams named in the Pelkas rumors, by any chance?

A few places said that the Shakhov news was premature and that they're still discussing things, but I don't buy that. Add to that the fact that Pelkas made a farewell post on instagram today (for Shakhov and Varela) and that's all the confirmation I need. In light of Shakhov leaving, there have been some suggestion that we're looking to instead renew Canas. The player himself has reportedly said that it's up to PAOK, though to be honest that's always been the case. He will probably also want a pay increase, and at the end of the day, the team needs to figure out where to put that cash - more money towards a player who will be fourth choice (but firmly ensconced in the system), or someone with more upside/who will compete for a starting role? I think I know where Branco will want to go with that. Regarding El Kaddouri, I read that we're willing to let him go for either 1mm now, or a loan followed by a mandatory purchase next year. One week until the window opens! Wheee!

I LIKE that duo!

Shakhov very unlikely to renew. Seems like it's gonna be a Misic-Wernbloom duo to start.

Silly rumors of Godin, followed quickly by claims that it's the Athenians trying to mock us or something. Here's another one. I would prefer this not be the case: https://www.transfermarkt.com/omri-ben-harush/profil/spieler/129835

Atromitos might be interested in Mistakidis. Finally, a decent place for him to go to.

Here are the highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKVv_CdMg7o

Absolutely. Panthinaikos wants our cast-offs, as long as they don't have to pay anything. If we find someone who is willing to take him off our hands - say, with a delicious resale rate - then that is vastly preferable. There's literally no win for us to give him to PAO

Remember Kakko? His contract is up and he seems to have posted a farewell to the team on social media. So there's at least one perennial loanee that won't be dragged around. He last played for AE Karaiskakis

I should note that I THINK this is the first time we've ever been valued at over 70mm EUR, collectively.

Hah, transfermarkt just updated values in the Greek league. https://www.transfermarkt.com/paok-thessaloniki/startseite/verein/1091 Biggest mover is Jaba, who is now valued at 8mm (doubled from his value this winter). Oliveira is now at 9mm, which only will make Porto more confident of not selling him for less than that 12. Akpom also doubled - to 3mm - and is tied there with Swiderski. Surprisingly, Limnios is now worth 3.5mm. Good on him. Slow and steady wins the race, right?? Biseswar also got a nice little bump there (2.5mm).

The deal with Varela fell through. Seems he's following Al-Ahli on the old instagram these days. Or, as Savvidis notes: Porto rejected the 5mm offer we had made for Oliveira, I'm sure the team will try one more time but as Yiannaki says, he's probably not coming back.

Balogiannis and Pontus, you heard it here first ?

Hopefully the bids come in hot and fast! Another guy's name popping up. Looks like he's soon to be a free agent. https://www.transfermarkt.com/douglas/profil/spieler/58426 Keep in mind that with the rumors of Savvidis really opening up the pocketbook, every agent in the EU is going to be pushing for a big money move for his guy. The vast majority of them will obviously be bullshit. What's funny is that some of these dudes are being reported even after Savvidis says they're not looking at them.

New offer reportedly made to Shakhov, bringing his earnings up to about 800k/year. I doubt that Maccabi or BATE will ultimately be able to outbid us, but I did hear before that he wanted something closer to a million per yer. Since he's a free agent, someone may still be able to put a more lucrative offer out there. Reportedly they are giving him until the end of the week to decide, though we all know that stands for little.

Another day, another name. This is a Russian center-forward who plays in the Czech league. https://www.transfermarkt.com/nikolay-komlichenko/profil/spieler/300538 -edit- Savvidis has squashed this one as well. I'm liking this new version of him.

I think they made a bet!

You are a very handsome boy?

What is especially important is for Atromitos and Aris to make it to the group stage. The other three should be able to at least hit the EL. Beating up on weaker teams in the EL is probably going to net those two more money than they get out of ticket sales each season.