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I find this, if true, to be pretty obnoxious: https://inpaok.com/826031/meite-epikoinonia-tis-plevras-tou-me-ton-paok/ From what I've seen of Marin, I'd rather have him. Or Misic, really.

Lyratzis may be going to Boavista to join our former assistant coach (which would be great): https://inpaok.com/825992/i-record-gia-to-flert-boavista-lyratzi/ I'm not sure why people keep pointing out the missing Andrija (it's not just you Dutch Eagle, I see it on the instagram comments too). The list is surely just made up of the people who are actually in trainings right this moment. I am sure they won't forget about Zivkovic. For the same reason, if we manage to actually sign anyone I'm sure they'll go directly there too. I am wondering, though, why Tsaousis is there. Don't get me wrong, I would have liked to keep him last year too - but three LBs is as silly as having three RBs (I'm looking at you, Andre).

I wasn't gonna post this, but @PaokCT insists (and I see it on some other pages now): https://www.transfermarkt.us/cesar-huerta/profil/spieler/540315 Got some pretty fun highlights, I must admit:

This was the same Tzimas that Lucescu wanted to turn into a RB/LB, right? Just as he wants to do to seemingly all players.

The Genoa stuff keeps coming up. They may come back with a big offer. If we can extract ten million for him, I say sell all day.

I was looking at Nuremberg's lineup, in light of the Tzimas move. I don't think I've ever seen a situation more set up for Tzimas to get a lot of minutes. They ended the season with four (!) strikers. Of those four, two are about to become free agents, while one was on loan from Sint-Truidense. Every one of those three made seventeen appearances, and none of them scored more than four goals in the entire season (all competitions). The remaining player, Julian Kania, was promoted from their B team on 29 September, and only played four games for them in the ~8 months since. No goals. That club clearly had a problem with their CFs last season, which might explain why they ended up with four players. I would expect them to still add a third, but unless that guy is a total stud I can't see Tzimas not clinching the starting role... Link so you can see for yourselves: https://www.transfermarkt.com/1-fc-nurnberg/startseite/verein/4 - also, it's notable that the respectable "market value" of the club is 1/3 tied to their Turko-Germanic attacking midfielder, who scored a very respectable 19 goals in 32 appearances (16/30 in the league).

Apparently this is who inpaok is saying was on offer for a loan. Definitely not worth it. https://www.transfermarkt.us/kelvin-yeboah/profil/spieler/589737

Genoa apparently offered us 3 million plus a loan of an undisclosed player for Kotarski. Hard pass. Vieirinha has also signed his new contract, and won't say that it's his last one. Lucescu creaming his jeans right now.

Pretty outrageous clause too; I'm happy about that. 18 million for 85% of his rights, plus a 2 million bonus. Hopefully when he returns, it'll be a Pelkas-like transformation and he will actually get playing time. That last bit is sadly unlikely, considering the types of players Lucescu prefers (old).

It's interesting that they announced it even before he actually signed...

This is interesting. Klose was announced as coach of Nuremberg on the 11th. https://inpaok.com/825310/diplo-endiaferon-gia-tzima/ Considering that we are still being linked with many strikers, and we've heard nothing about Samatta actually leaving, I could definitely see us loaning Tzimas out (particularly since he's now with us for four more years). If Klose has any ability to impart his wisdom, this could be an amazing opportunity for the kid.

InPAOK is saying the Belgians are saying we're interested in this guy (as are the Saudis). https://www.transfermarkt.us/tarik-tissoudali/profil/spieler/245228 Scored a lot of goals last year, but don't know much about him either way. I doubt we will be willing to get into a bidding war with the Saudis.

Interesting, Asteras is putting together a B team: https://inpaok.com/825187/sta-skaria-o-asteras-tripolis-v/ I kind of question why a team that's strapped for resources would want to go through this time and expense. Maybe some long-term plan to go all-in on developing youth? If that works, could help fund their operations, long-term...

Kind of wild that England drew, not that it changes the calculus much. I want Andrija to score fifty goals on their way to the final, so we can sell them for a lot of money.

About 30 minutes to go and still 0-0. Serbia basically needs to win this game if they want to progress. The pressure is on.

Lmao I am a moron hahaha Maybe they all look alike to me??

Cristiano Bacci is also making a move; he'll now be the new head coach for Boavista FC over in Portugal. Good luck to him, and hopefully Lucescu's replacement is a good one.

Schwab has arrived, gave a short interview. Camara's flight (to Paris?) was delayed, but he's expected closer to midnight (so about three hours from now).

Everyone's favorite podcast that actually updates, PAOK Today, is saying that PAOK is looking for Misic as the anti-Meite, and also still wants to move on Razvan Marin. The sticking point being, how much it would cost to get both players (who are under contract for another year). Misic is better than Meite, and I like what I saw of Marin's highlights. I think if we can get them both, we will have a very, very solid midfield.

A very good friend of mine is from Banja Luka; I will be s%$#! talking him like my life depends on it between now and our game, should they progress.

Karipidis has been promoted to technical director! https://inpaok.com/825001/neos-technikos-diefthyntis-tou-paok-o-karypidis/ That's quite a promotion, but I'm guessing many of the duties we traditionally associate with a TD are being handled by the CEO (who some sites have said has essentially always been the "money person" when it comes to negotiating players - if that is to be believed).

On paper at least, Atromitos is better than Panserraikos. Garcia very likely will be competing for 5th place next season, especially if they get players like Lyratzis and Tsiggaras.

There are several reasons to think this is nonsense (like how the media likes to assume that Lucescu will hire guys simply because they're also Romanian), but this name popped up today. Considering how late it is over in Greece right now, I'm guessing the Meite offer was not responded to. https://www.transfermarkt.us/razvan-marin/profil/spieler/295183 I'll note that he's also currently on international duty. -edit again- he kind of plays like a better Kace?

Don't worry, I have faith we can handle them better this year. Everybody set your alarm clocks for tomorrow's draw!

Here are some fun facts that nobody will care about: I was curious about Guinea (where our next signing is from), so I read its wikipedia article. It mentions a dictator named Toure, which I'm sure many of you recognize as the last name of many professional players. So I look up the surname Toure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touré), and learn it may be descended from the name Elephant. Perhaps to indicate a person who was big and strong? Anyway, that article mentions the language of the Ghana empire, so I look at that article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Empire). In that, I see that Ghana means warrior, or war chief. And right under that, I see that Wague is a term for nobility. So we basically managed to destroy the career of a king! I tried looking up Kamara and Camara on the same page, and got no definitions. A chat bot I just asked states that those two names are not necessarily related to each other, but that Kamara means "teacher" or "scholar" in some languages. Thank you for attending my TED Talk.