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Gaitanidis' contract expired and he appears to be heading to Slovakia as a free agent. A shame, I thought he looked great during that one preseason we had him. Seems to have lost his mojo after those injuries.

PAOK leading 3-0 as they go into halftime. Haven't seen any lineups for our side (though Panaitolikos has posted theirs).

Not unexpected, but still interesting. https://inpaok.com/737070/to-cas-petaxe-exo-tis-rosikes-omades/ It appears to mostly help PAO, as far as Greece is concerned: https://kassiesa.net/uefa/AccessList2022.html Hopefully they don't squander that, but I'm sure they will.

Mak did all right by us, and he also came from the 2nd division! It seems the player is eager to join us so who knows, maybe it'll work out. He's not particularly expensive from what I see, so this isn't a tremendous risk IMO

The Narey saga may finally be drawing to a close, as "predictions" abound as to his possible arrival at 11am tomorrow. No ETA on Soteldo, though. I wonder if PAOKSYD likes this player??

^lol Anyway, Tzimas looks like he's being loaned to PAS Giannina.

Vrakas going back on loan to Levadiakos for another season. He helped them win the second division last season (4 goals 1 assist). It seems he may have pushed for this vs being loaned elsewhere. Is his contract up next year? I haven't heard anything about an extension, so if this is true then it seems the team is cutting ties.

Thomas starting his tenure well by leaking the new jersey. I guess we're back to the "fat stripe" style. That's....a shame https://inpaok.com/736954/o-tomas-prodose-ti-nea-fanela-tou-paok-pic/

Needs more hustle. Cut the kid loose, I say.

If Novasports doesn't, surely the club will stream it on PAOKTV? Fingers crossed!

In fact, most teams fail to do this, I'd say

The friendly with Panaitolikos has been announced, taking place on the 15th

The fantastically-named Tsunami (their only left-back) has been injured, and is out for a month. Presumably they'll have to play one of their other defenders out of position there. Zivkovic will have a field day, hopefully. https://inpaok.com/736681/sovaro-provlima-gia-ti-lefski-enopsei-paok/ https://www.transfermarkt.us/levski-sofia/startseite/verein/156

So every other team in Europe is hemorrhaging money but PAOK actually makes boatloads of secret monies that Ivan is stuffing into suitcases and squirreling away in Siberia? Anyway, the Yeferson Soteldo rumors continue. Seems the sell price is in the 3-4mm EUR range. He's not in the plans of the current administration/coach, seemingly because he did some dumb party-boy antics around his birthday (and it looks like he may have trashed his car). I'm sure nothing could possibly go wrong! We might be getting him on a one-year loan, with a mandatory purchase option in six months (???).

I swear if Lucescu plays that Thomas guy over Koutsias later this month I'm gonna burn down what remains of Greece

Poacher's goal by Koutsias, BOOM BABY

You just complained that we are not using our youth, now you're complaining that we're not spending enough on other players. Which is it? Or is this all just a (not very elaborate) troll?

Biseswar did re-sign. Perhaps he's a replacement for either Narey or El Kaddouri, who some websites are saying we're trying to give the boot to.

I agree Crespo was underrated. I also think Michel was truly a GREAT scout. He knew what he was doing. @PAOKSYDwell we might actually have a record number of Greeks in the senior team this season, so perhaps we'll see just that. Anyway, the new rumor is this guy (LW): https://www.transfermarkt.us/yeferson-soteldo/profil/spieler/312294

Giannina may be looking to grab Tzimas on loan. It sounded like Lucescu wants to convert Tzimas to a right-back (because us already having two is obviously not enough??), so him being loaned out might be his last chance to make a case out of keeping him at his current position, assuming he is partial to that idea.

Really? You thought all of them were a clear upgrade before they had even played? I think you might be looking at it with a bit too much hindsight there. I remember Shakhov being completely overwhelmed for like six months (he was even pulled from the starting lineup for a while). We were confused why a LB (Matos) was brought in to play on the right side. Crespo had washed out after a reportedly terrible spell at Aston Villa. Djalma Campos was being openly s%$#!-talked about in press conferences by reporters (I clearly remember someone telling Ivic to his face that Campos was the problem with the team). Biseswar came to us fat and after having played unimpressively for mid-tier teams in Turkey. The only one I can think of that seemed to be highly rated was Varela, who Steaua's owner really didn't want to let leave. There's also another thing that should be noted - Michel's philosophy created the foundation for a fantastic team that was ready to win titles very quickly. That is a great thing. However, it also laid the groundwork for us nearly going broke, as we mortgaged our future to overpay a group of people in their prime, and then continue paying them when they were not in their prime. Boto's moves could all pan out to be terrible, it's true. But the fact of the matter is, the team needs to create a much more sustainable model going forward. Whether or not we can emulate Benfica's model really depends on just how good of a scout Boto and Co. really are. At the moment, the only signing I find truly annoying is that Brandon Thomas guy. But perhaps after shadowing the senior team for three years, Koutsias will finally take his chances?

Say it ain't so! El Kaddouri, incidentally, is out for about four weeks.

OLIVEIRA BROKE TWO RIBS AHHHHHHH Koutsias's vacation is being cut short and he's being sent to the Netherlands asap, apparently

I would guess that because we have a contract with him, they'd need to compensate us in order to break it. Similar to how there were rumors that we'd have to pay to break Giannouli's loan a few years back. But who knows

Seems the rumors about teams wanting Kurtic won't die. New one is about Parma being willing to offer him a three year deal with a pay increase. The websites are saying we'd get 80% of any sale (who knows where that comes from). But honestly...take it, you fools. Use the money to extend Augusto. This gives all the more space for Tsiggaras and Dantas, as well.