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You're right, this would be a great combination. Hell, if he could do the same with Klaus in a 2-CF formation, imagine the Prijovic/Mak tandem with this new squad. OFI wants Deligiannidis on loan, though nobody else seems to want this to go down. I think the guy's too good to not get some playing time, but who knows if Stanojevic will actually use him.

Exactly the kind of player we needed, I'd gladly have him back. I wonder if Stanojevic would use him similarly to how Tudor did (centrally), vs just as a winger.

Katsikas has signed with Dynamo Bucharest. Good on him, hopefully he stays healthy.

If the intention is to sell Leovac next year, this might be to prepare him to be the #2 to Leveque's #1 next year. Assuming he lives up to the promise. Time will tell, I guess. I definitely don't think we'll hit 1.5mm for Ochoa, though. I'd be very surprised if he got with 100 grand of a million, in fact.

Reading on SDNA that Malezas got an offer from Anzhi. I'd be surprised by this move, I'm guessing the cash would have to be good for him to leave for a team that just barely made it out of the relegation zone last season.

I'm guessing we're aiming for 850-900k with the new offer, but who knows. 1.5 is a LOT for a keeper.

Has anyone been watching the confederations cup? I haven't seen any performances of Ochoa lately, but inPAOK is saying that we're going to "dramatically increase" our original offer of 650k. The player wants 1.5mm per year for two years. This would be a pretty big signing, if we made it.

Looks like Kitsiou also will be signing a contract extension soon (as he'd be free next summer). As part of the loan deal, Kitsiou has a buy out clause of 1.2mm with 20% resale, while Charisis is 1.5mm with 20% resale

Chatziisaias' one-year loan has been announced at Atromitos...same for Kitsiou and Charisis at their respective clubs Pereyra's current club is expecting to eventually get him on a free transfer, he'll be back in Greece by the end of the week for what will probably be one or two training sessions. Mak might end up back here because Zenit's new coach seems to want to bring in his own guys. Would be a loan with an option to buy.

That's a hell of an offer from Turkey

Kitsiou may be going out on loan to Groningen (Netherlands), leaving only Konstantinidis as backup to Matos. I think this would be a good move for all parties, assuming Kitsiou gets playing time. Similarly, Charisis is reportedly close to a move (also a loan) to Sint-Truidense, in Belgium.

Matthaiou has signed with Anorthosis (on loan), they have an option to buy him next year. Not sure why/how, but they're also talking about a return of Mak??

Tzandaris has been released by Olympiakos. Most recently, he played the first half of this season for FC Koper, which is in Slovenia.

They're also planning a friendly for when they return to Thessaloniki (on the 21st). Reportedly it's Anorthosis, but if that doesn't happen it'll be Nice again. Will be the last friendly before we attempt to qualify for the EL. Maybe Huub Stevens will come and watch.

Ahhh but he lacks such physicality! What does it matter if he scores goals, if he can't meet an arbitrarily more important metric?

Antonis is no loss. And I think loaning out those other two guys is a good idea. I'd be surprised if Konstantinidis doesn't get loaned out again as well.

Michel had some pretty interesting transfer-related things to say today at Stanojevic's press conference. Seemed to imply Leveque is backup/competition for Leovac, as he noted we had nobody that could really cover that position Confirmed he's trying to get Vieirinha, mostly a matter of cost. Says he's too expensive for fan service, needs to be worth it for the positions and impact he'll have They're giving Jairo another shot as his "natural position" is as second striker Poured cold water over the idea of Pereyra having another chance; said that he's not physical enough and so they're looking for other players in that position (though he's still coming back for preseason). I foresee another loan to end the contract. Had been in contact with a goalkeeper from a "top-four" league, who rejected the club due to not wanting to play in Greece - did not mention going for *two* goalkeepers, or what will happen with Brkic Sampanis has written into his contract that he will get "5 or 6" games with the first team, definitely not being considered as our #1 for now...he'll be reevaluated once we have a #1 For Ndoye - calculated as a possible replacement of Cimirot (who we have not received offers for). Implies that Stanojevic doesn't necessarily have a space for this player in the formation(s) he'll be playing For selling our players - we have no official offers, at least none that are worthwhile for us. He doesn't want to make any sales I really like Michel's conferences, he is very to-the-point and open.

Marathon-length press conference going on right now:

Then let us hope they excel internationally and implode domestically.

Haha it's definitely garbage.

Got linked to the below tweet by a dear paoktzaki on twitter, thought it would be worth sharing. I cannot see this possibly being true but it would be a HELL of a move.

^ Good move IMO, he's a good player that can help us. Agreed on the GK situation as well.

Does anyone know if that Ajax game will take place in their actual stadium?

We're "linked" with a number of goalkeepers. In addition to the aforementioned Lastuvka, I've also seen Pashalakis (from Giannina), Stojkovic (Nottingham Forest - active international), Bojko (Besiktas), and Zivkovic (Xanthi).

Reports that someone tried to buy Henrique for 1mm EUR...kind of insulting if true, considering we paid 1.7mm just six months ago. Still no real news on Cimirot as well. PAOK reportedly is willing to part with both players for 3mm, though for Cimirot we'd insist on a resale fee.