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Vieirinha, Taison, Schwab, Ozdoev, Otto, Samatta all have expiring contracts, and are all on the wrong side of 30. If Lucescu is still here, he will definitely want to renew all of them (the only one I'd want back is Otto, but I doubt Otto wants to remain). Entirely possible we'll be forced into a revamped squad, but who knows.

Could you IMAGINE us signing a 23 year old? Absolutely outrageous. Anyway, I think the news was that they had rejected it? Unless you think this is just the back and forth of a negotiation.

I know you all are gonna hate me for saying this, but: The squad is better than last year's (particularly Tissoudali and Chalov are MUCH better than Thomas and Samatta), and can definitely win the championship. There's something going on with their "psychology" or "mentality" (using Lucescu's favorite buzzwords here). For all his faults, one thing he is excellent at, is extracting the best out of limited players. He should be able to right the ship - this would be the third time he's had to do it, after all.

The Athens media is secretly running some random Liverpool fan account? This would be some pretty deep cover. I will say, though, I have no idea why they'd want to pull the trigger on him right now. Seems weird.

That ambulance chaser is worth his weight in gold! Sentence reduced to 45 days: https://inpaok.com/850200/meiothike-i-poini-tou-loutseskou/

We need GREEK players, too. Lucescu has no issue with old guys, and I don't see any other Greek options who could be ready to go quickly.

Vieirinha lucky that was only a yellow

Yeah, startlingly empty stadium

Shoretire and Gomez both have that virus that seems to be going around, so I'm guessing they won't be there to offer a break to any other players this weekend. Assuming Lucescu would even have played them (which he won't).

Probably why Brandon Thomas sat out.

oh thank GOD two 15-minute halves incoming?

TISSOUDALI IS RIGHT FRIGGIN THERE, WHY IS SAMATTA PLAYING

Pena deal may be about to close and we might even see him on Friday (which probably means like next Friday, knowing us).

Did anyone actually say we wanted a profit, or was Blackhawk just listening to some people at the kafenio? This summer, the "issue" was that his wages were just too high so poor Cypriot teams couldn't afford him. Not much different than Meite with Benfica.

BUT SAMATTA UNDERSTANDS WHAT I WANT FROM MY PLAYERS!!!!

Seems the game sold out in three hours. We're doomed

Some UAE team seems to be interested in taking Tissoudali on loan. Is this all about Lucescu wanting to keep our uber-flop, Samatta? https://inpaok.com/849212/ti-ischyei-me-tisountali/ https://inpaok.com/849209/apochorei-apo-ton-paok-o-tisountali/

PaokCT got his wish; we're tanking in the cup!

Here's one that came out of nowhere. Perhaps the Pena deal didn't go through? Or perhaps the team is planning on moving on from one (or both) of Schwab and Ozdoyev. https://inpaok.com/849181/endiaferon-tou-paok-gia-ton-lenarnt-maloni/ https://www.transfermarkt.us/lennard-maloney/profil/spieler/392710 Notable that he's a DM, though. Guess Thymianis isn't our savior 😉

Aris about to fall to OFI, 0-2. Nice to see them struggle. Hopefully Panaitolikos challenges for that last Conference League spot. AEK winning 0-3 vs Volos, with like 40 minutes to go. We'll need to win today to maintain second place.

True. Ales Mandous appears to be their only senior team player who is eligible, so I'm sure he'll play. The remainder of the lineup will surely be filled with youth players. https://www.transfermarkt.com/ales-mandous/profil/spieler/240536

Sounds like Slavia Prague is about to sell their starting goalkeeper. Deal should be done by the time we play them. Hopefully we can capitalize on that.

Reports earlier were that Pena's old team (Alianza Lima) was itching to get him back. Meanwhile, metrosport claims that we've nearly got a deal with Malmo, while there is a gap of 100k separating our salary offer / Pena's demand. Seems to be 600 vs 700. Honestly if he ends up starter-caliber, 700k may be a steal. I can't imagine the team from Lima can match our offer (whatever it might actually be). https://www.metrosport.gr/symfonia-paok-malme-ta-chrimata-poy-chorizoyn-ton-dikefalo-me-ton-penia-1106144

Very possibly (the shame alone is reason enough to expect it!), but I do wonder what the actual reasons are for not greenlighting this. I am with @Bananas as far as the confusion goes. I do think we've talked about this some time in the past, but the fact that development can just never even start is kind of wild. From what I recall: there were issues with the proposed height of the new stadium, which is part of the reason why they wanted to "sink the pitch" i'm guessing that sinking the pitch and eliminating the track will allow another 6-12 rows of seating to be added i recall us talking about the likelihood of them finding archaeological items of interest if they were to dig (and I definitely remember measuring out the distance of the stadium for already-known features - it's a near certainty) the "iraklis" situation at kaftanzoglio may lend fuel to the government conspiracy theories, as it is nonsense for them to give iraklis such deference when they aren't paying their own bills (esp when their own existence is questionable) it's also irrational for stadium management to not want the free significant upgrades we were offering, with our older lighting/cameras/etc as for funding it - i thought i had read that Savvidis would just cover the whole bill, but obviously i have no proof of that since nothing ever happened The fact that we allegedly engaged Populous but also have zero renders to show for it really smells.

Blackhawk's favorite lawyer has a lot to say on this matter! https://inpaok.com/848644/kougias-eimai-katigorimatikos-oti-tha-athoothei-o-loutseskou/