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From what I heard from my own trusty uncle Mitso the team has set aside upto 2 mil for a striker's salary and additional sum for a possible purchase price. Apparently there are two strikers we are talking to right now and the goal is to sign one of them by the time the team leaves for Holland.

That's not the final list. If the teams that will apply to play in Superleague 2 falls bellow 18, than there will be only one group instead of the scheduled two. As the Dutchman notes, Lamia already withdrew. There are at least 4 other teams that are thinking of withdrawing (including PAS Giannina) from Superleague 2. The deadline for applications is July 7.

Not sure what to make of all these Konstantelias rumors. Since it appears that the Kotarski sale is stalling, I will not be surprised if we decide to accept the offers from Germany and England. However I would not accept anything below 25 mil. Jonny Otto signed with Alaves, which was expected for a while now. The Tissoudali transfer was officially announced today. We will be getting around 1.5 mil for him. Another player that will most likely leave PAOK is Pena, who will sign with a team in Peru, which basically means we will need to sign another midfielder.

Nikos Karageorgiou will remain the coach for the PAOK 'B' Team for the upcoming 2025-2026 season.

NAME: Greg Taylor POSITION: Left Back JERSEY NUMBER: 32 BIRTHDAY: 05-November-1997 BIRTH PLACE: Greenock, Scotland HEIGHT 1.71 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: 11-06-2019 (Belgium – Scotland 3:0) PREVIOUS TEAMS: Celtic Glasgow, Kilmarnock FC, Celtic Glasgow, Kilmarnock FC, Glasgow Rangers U17, Kilmarnock FC U17 CONTRACT ENDS: 30-June-2028 SALARY: € 800,000 per season

Great day for Greece. After 3 days we are above the relegation zone. I think we erased the 16 points we lost from Karalis with some great efforts by our athletes today. Tomorrow if our athletes can stay close to their seasons best we should be able to stay in the top division.

Unfortunately she is the only one so far that over-performed. Korakidis barely threw over 70 meters. Rafailidou about one meter behind her best so far this year. Papavasiliou finished last in 400 meters. Franks ran 45.46 in 400 meters and finished 9th. Right now we are in 15th place leaving only Lithuania behind.

The Maite deal is 1+1 with a salary of 1.4 mil plus bonuses. We also are going to pay Benfica close to 1 mil to get his freedom. Greg Taylor deal is for 3-years at 800K. Apparently the next two targets are a center forward and a center defender.

Say goodbye to the 16 points as Karalis withdrew from the competition. That's a big loss and brings us closer to the relegation to the 'B' group.

Adamopoulou jumped only 4.30m, but the fact that she cleared 4.15m and 4.30m on first tries placed her in 6th place (tied with another athlete), which means she will get 10.5 points for Greece in the standings. Let's hope for full 16 points from Karalis later today.

Here are some of the images that PAE PAOK released today:

Tomorrow is the deadline for Meite to reply to our offer. Let's see what happens. I am curious to see what PAOK (and Lucescu) will do when he does not reply. Also the player we were after in January and apparently again this summer David Jurasek has turned us down and will sign with AEK. Same with Pedro Chirivella who we were apparently after is now being signed by Panathinaikos.

The Amateur PAOK (or AC PAOK) is the arm that runs the amateur teams and sports under the PAOK umbrella. They own the name PAOK. They also own the stadium and the land that the stadium stands on. The professional teams of PAOK (football and basketball) are run separately by their owners, but by law AC PAOK has a 10% ownership in those teams. Those teams pay AC PAOK fees to use the name as well as the stadiums (Toumba for football and the PAOK Sports Arena for basketball).

Apparently from what I heard on one of the radio stations, UEFA does not allow straight 1-year deals and the teams get around it by calling it 1+1. Not sure how true that is.

PAOK and Taison agreed to sign a new contract for 1+1 seasons worth 650K per season.

The person behind the plan to oust Savvidis, the president of Amateur PAOK, Thanasis Katsaris resigned today, so it remains to be seen what the next steps will be. Here is his resignation letter:

The sponsor in question is Superbet from Romania, and they will also be the sponsors for Panathinaikos. However first they have to get a license from the state in order to be able to operate in Greece. Apparently they will buy a Greek betting company in order to be able to do so. I heard the figure of 4.5 mil per season, while Stoiximan was paying us 2.8 mil per season, so it is quite a nice upgrade.

NAME: Jonjoe Kenny POSITION: Right Back JERSEY NUMBER: 3 BIRTHDAY: 15-March-1997 BIRTH PLACE: Liverpool, England HEIGHT 1.76 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: PREVIOUS TEAMS: Hertha BSC, Celtic Glasgow, Schalke 04, Oxford United, Wigan Athletic, FC Everton CONTRACT ENDS: 30-June-2028 (+1 year option) SALARY: € 800,000 per season

You realize that this is years, if not decades, from being build. All this latest press releases are nothing but a response to the overthrow attempt of the current owner of PAE PAOK by the billionaire Mistakidis with the help of the government.

And Murg, among others, is reporting to training camp this week, but I doubt if he will stay with us. Quagliata should be reporting to camp as well, but there is a rumor that some South American team would like to get him. Just let him go for free. Also at PAE PAOK they expect that Tissoudali will be announced as being sold any day now. Pena was expected to be bought by some Brazilian team, but that has most likely fallen through.

George Franks has Greek ancestry. His Greek name is George Frakgogiannis. I believe his grandfather was born in Greece an immigrated to the US. I really like the fact that we seek athletes from other countries with Greek ancestries and welcome them to compete for Greece. What I don't like are athletes that are bought up by other countries to change their nationalities. Latest example is several high class Jamaican athletes switching to compete for Turkey.

Stefan Schwab signed a 1-year deal with Holstein Kiel that plays in the German Bundesliga 2.

This will be our last pre-season game before the team returns to Thessaloniki from Holland. Here is how the game schedule is shaping up. 16-July-2025, TBA EEST: Ajax Amsterdam - PAOK (Sportcomplex De Toekomst), TV: Ajax Youtube Channel 19-July-2025, 18:00 EEST: PAOK - Go Ahead Eagles 25-July-2025, TBA EEST: PAOK - De Graafschap (NOT CONFIRMED. MIGHT NOT TAKE PLACE) 26-July-2025, 20:00 EEST: PAOK - NEC Nijmegen

The schedule. ERT will televise the competition live: Πέμπτη 26/6 ΕΡΤ3 17.00-20.00 Παρασκευή 27/6 ΕΡΤ3 19.20- 22.45 Σάββατο 28/6 ΕΡΤ2 19.00- 22.45 Κυριακή 29/6 ΕΡΤ3 19.00-23.00 Πέμπτη (26/6) 17.00 Επί κοντώ Γ (Α’- Β΄ γκρουπ) ΑΔΑΜΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ 19.20 Επί κοντώ Α (Α΄- Β’ γκρουπ) ΚΑΡΑΛΗΣ Παρασκευή (27/6) 19.20 Σφυροβολία (Α) ΚΟΡΑΚΙΔΗΣ 19.41 Σφαιροβολία (Γ) ΡΑΦΑΗΛΙΔΟΥ 20.10 400 μ. (Γ) ΠΑΠΑΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΥ 20.30 400 μ. (Α) ΦΡΑΝΚΣ 21.00 5.000 μ. (Γ) ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΑΚΗΣ 21.22 Τριπλούν (Α) ΠΑΝΤΑΖΗΣ 21.30 800 μ. (Α) ΛΑΓΟΣ 21.37 Δισκοβολία (Γ) ΑΝΑΓΝΩΣΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ 21.55 3.000 μ. στιπλ (Α) ΚΟΛΙΟΣ 22.18 100 μ. (Γ) ΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΗΛΙΔΟΥ 22.35 100 μ. (Α) ΓΚΑΡΑΓΚΑΝΗΣ Σάββατο (28/6) 19.00 Μήκος (Α) ΤΕΝΤΟΓΛΟΥ 19.17 Σφυροβολία (Γ) ΣΚΑΡΒΕΛΗ 20.22 110 μ. εμπ. (Α) ΗΛΙΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ 20.49 Ύψος (Α) ΜΕΡΛΟΣ 20.53 100 μ. εμπ. (Γ) ΙΩΣΗΦΙΔΟΥ 21.15 800 μ. (Γ) ΔΕΣΠΟΛΛΑΡΗ 21.22 Τριπλούν (Γ) ΚΟΡΕΝΕΒΑ 21.37 Δισκοβολία (Α) ΠΑΥΛΙΔΗΣ 21.41 400 μ. εμπ. (Α) ΛΕΒΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ 21.59 400 μ. εμπ. (Γ) ΖΕΝΕΓΙΑ 22.20 4Χ100 μ. (Α) ΜΥΡΙΑΝΘΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ, ΓΚΑΡΑΓΚΑΝΗΣ, ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ, ΒΟΛΙΚΑΣ, ΒΡΟΝΤΙΝΟΣ, ΠΑΠΑΜΑΡΓΑΡΙΤΗΣ 22.38 4Χ100 μ. (Γ) ΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΗΛΙΔΟΥ, ΣΠΑΝΟΥΔΑΚΗ, ΤΣΟΥΚΑΛΑ, ΚΑΜΠΕΡΙΔΟΥ, ΙΩΣΗΦΙΔΟΥ, ΜΙΧΑΗΛΙΔΟΥ Κυριακή (29/6) 19.00 Σφαιροβολία (Α) ΓΕΝΝΙΚΗΣ 19.15 Ακοντισμός (Γ) ΤΖΕΝΓΚΟ 20.00 200 μ. (Γ) ΕΜΜΑΝΟΥΗΛΙΔΟΥ 20.20 200 μ. (Α) ΜΥΡΙΑΝΘΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ 20.40 Ύψος (Γ) ΓΚΟΥΣΙΝ 20.50 1.500 μ. (Γ) ΚΥΡΙΑΚΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ 20.59 Μήκος (Γ) ΜΠΕΣΗ 21.13 1.500 μ. (Α) ΜΑΤΖΑΡΙΔΗΣ 21.22 Ακοντισμός (Α) ΤΣΙΤΣΟΣ 21.40 3.000 μ. στιπλ (Γ) ΚΑΛΛΙΜΟΓΙΑΝΝΗ 22.10 5.000 μ. (Α) ΣΤΑΜΟΥΛΗΣ 21.46 4Χ400 μ. μεικτή ΦΡΑΝΚΣ, ΑΝΔΡΕΑΔΗΣ, ΠΑΠΑΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΥ, ΖΕΝΕΓΙΑ, ΣΙΜΟΝΙ, ΦΕΡΡΑ

Well Zaltos and Mantzouranis took themselves out of the team. Can't force them to compete.