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Ingason's deal seems to be for 4mm + bonuses (?). He'll be signing a 5-year contract at 1.5mm per year. I think that's good business on all sides, assuming Toasty can match Ingason's performances. Sorry Bananas, I think holding on to people who want to make a switch is not a winning strategy - if you get a good price, sell and move on. The team should be constantly churning players; it's up to the coach to solidify them into a cohesive unit. Besides, Ingason probably will be very excited to go somewhere that has first-world plumbing.

Deal may be in the 1-2mm range. I doubt his salary will be less than Ingason's, but the team comes out a bit ahead if we do manage 4mm for Ingi. This, I find highly dubious. But if CSKA is willing to spend a lot of money, who am I to complain? https://inpaok.com/778608/diapragmatefseis-tis-tsska-gia-narei/

Hopefully this works out. Rahman may be showing up soon as well. Here is a tweet about Samatta's contract - 3 years and 1mm EUR per year. Take that as you will.

Notable to me is that Bradonjic is not in the team - perhaps the rumors of him being sold to the Turks are true. Otherwise, it's strange that he is not there but Murg is...

I linked that one because he was talking about it, but it was on a bunch of the sites. But those sites (and these guys) are all basically copying each other's "scoops" anyway. Definitely an echo chamber.

Oh no s%$#!. I stumbled on their podcast some time last year and have been loving it. Yiankos announced his departure from the forums and then actually carried out his promise to leave. Not sure why. He did create a youtube channel for his music (he's a pianist from what I recall), but seems to have stopped updating it pretty quickly.

Reports are that we're going to offer him a new contract with a higher salary (his current one is up in 2025, so if he wants to stay he'll be richly rewarded). -edit- lots of buzz about a "very secret" CF we are about to announce, including from my favorite (Greek-language) PAOK podcast. I added that qualifier so that PaokCT doesn't get too upset. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-O2KrYCmalY

I have a sneaking suspicion that the bridesmaids will look more like me than the bride.

Now THAT is the news I wanted to hear! I have to attend a wedding on the 8th. Maybe I can be a few hours late so I can watch that. Is it weird that it's literally the day after their game vs Steaua??

The team should always consider every offer. I think we've seen the heights of Ingason (and they were quite good! I like the player a lot!), and 4 million is very fair. And as you say, he is on a large salary. If the team believes in Nasberg and the young ones (which I doubt), then we should be fine. Our need is on creative attacking players.

Hey, as long as they don't hate Greeks this game should go off without a hitch!

Well, as a Greek fan of this sport, your first instinct is probably to engage in conspiracy theories. That's probably your answer!

No chance that the team (and especially Lucescu) will ever let him go. He'll be ridden until the wheels fall off. https://inpaok.com/778052/h-minttilant-kyniga-ton-ingkason/

Gabagool probably will be staying in Italy

If the people in Greece can't be bothered, then the teams are truly doomed!

Contract renewals:

Bizarre stuff: https://inpaok.com/777735/chamos-sti-beitar-thelei-na-fygei-o-asprigia/ At least he's telling them now! If it were us, we'd learn the day before the game.

Imagine 10 goals in like 50 games being a goal for a striker. Real softball.

I can't knock the idea of poaching people from relegated or second-tier clubs - we've had some success with that with Mak and Narey, after all (and Narey seems to be training normally, btw - thank God). Both are positions of need (though if we pick up Pelkas late in the summer then Boetius would be pointless). Exposito may be our intended anti-Augusto? Assuming we do sell. I'd be surprised if we bought him though, as he'd be expensive and has only been with his club for a year (and is on a long-term deal). https://www.transfermarkt.us/jean-paul-boetius/profil/spieler/182574 https://www.transfermarkt.com/edu-exposito/profil/spieler/506248

Thought I'd share this, as I had no idea what was going on with Fluminense. Anyone who's read Jonathan Wilson's "Inverting the Pyramid" will find some themes in here pretty recognizable. For anyone who hasn't read it: it reads like the Bible, but with less action. @PaokCT will you be incorporating this into your team?

Even though I know we had him, I can't remember at all how good he was hahaha

Thank God it's a team from a hot country. They'll be just as slovenly as we are.

The eye-talian may have rejected an offer of 1.5mm for a 2+1. Seems he wants a 3-year contract. That Benfica midfielder might be a no-go. This guy also rumored: https://www.transfermarkt.us/gonzalo-villar/profil/spieler/398163 Kovalenko has not actually been rumored, but I guess the eye-talian press thinks we should get him or something: https://www.transfermarkt.us/viktor-kovalenko/profil/spieler/203842

Lots of rumors today. Winger from Twente: https://www.transfermarkt.us/virgil-misidjan/profil/spieler/214346 CM from Benfica (who played in Italy last season): https://www.transfermarkt.us/soualiho-meite/profil/spieler/164913 LB from Inter (who will be a free agent in a few days): https://www.transfermarkt.us/dalbert/profil/spieler/312862 Also, not a rumor or a transfer, but Lucescu's long-time associate is leaving. Perhaps the real reason is due to performance? That Italian guy who left last year might come back, and I saw a potential Romanian coach coming in as well (but can't find the source for that now that I'm getting around to posting). https://inpaok.com/777099/teleionei-o-batsi/

Funny that this rumor just dropped too (probably just Turkish press doing what PaokCT does): https://www.transfermarkt.us/serdar-dursun/profil/spieler/80059 It's like all of these come from someonevwho just filtered for 31-year-old strikers who play in Turkey haha