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Also the Chatzidiakos deal is done as well, and he is expected in Thessaloniki in few days.

BTW, Kedziora played the whole game, but not as CB. He played in the RB position.

The game was played in Lublin, Poland. Looks like it's still wide open as to who we play. I prefer Universitatea.

Because Ali is much better player, including World Cup experience. He should be in good shape for our first European games, since the Swedish league is in full force and he just took part in the World Cup games in the past few weeks. It appears that if we wanted Giakoumakis we would have to spend around 7 mil Euro. He was very good for us last season, but not worth 7 mil. Same goes for Gianoulis. There is no way I would spend 5 mil to bring him to PAOK.

PAOK women's team will once again take part in the UEFA Women's Champions League. The team will start the competition in the qualifying rounds, and specifically in Group 1, which will take place at the Municipal Stadium in Veroia. The schedule is as follows: Semifinals 22-July-2026 11:00 EEST: Neftchi Baku - Budocnost 18:30 EEST: PAOK Thessaloniki - Hapoel Jerusalem 3RD PLACE GAME 25-July-2026 11:00 EEST: simifinal losers FINAL 25-July-2026 18:30 EEST: semifnal winners Only the winner of the final qualifies to the next stage.

Andriana Bontioti (800, 1,500 meters) was banned for 3 month for doping violation (cocaine). Her ban expires July 7, 2026.

3:2 win against AEK Larnaca. Chatsidis, Jeremejeff and Taison scoring the goals.

Link for the game:

Meniscus tear is the diagnosis. Will be out for over a month, if not longer.

1:1 at halftime. Mythou scored the PAOK goal. We had at least 5 other good chances to score. Expect a completely different lineup in the 2nd half.

Link to the game:

Starting lineup for today's pre-season friendly:

Another player we bid goodbye in recent days was also Sastre.

Meite has sciatic nerve issue. He had the option of having a surgery right after the end of the season, but decided not to do it. It also did not help that Lucescu played him non-stop without any breaks. In any case I don't see him seeing any action until August/September. Michailidis has a chronic problem with his knee, which requires fluid drainage on regular basis. He just finished one of those procedures and is slowly getting back into action. The other two injured players are Despodov and Shoretirre. Also sitting the last couple practices is Pavlenka.

The first 3 games are regular 90-minute games, and so are the last 2, but those will take place on the same day 3-hours apart.

Our final pre-season games schedule is as follows: 01-July, 18:00 EEST: PAOK - SK Beveren (Nino Sparta, Zaltbommel) 04-July, 15:30 EEST: PAOK - KVC Westerlo (Nino Sparta, Zaltbommel) 07-July, 19:00 EEST: PAOK - AEK Larnaca (Nino Sparta, Zaltbommel) 11-July, 14:00 EEST: PAOK - Twente Enschede (GAME 1) (Sportpark de Rode Veste, Huissen) 11-July, 17:00 EEST: PAOK - Twente Enschede (GAME 2) (Sportpark de Rode Veste, Huissen) All games will be televised on the OPEN TV Hybrid channel.

Taison signed for one more year dropping his salary from 700K to 500K. Apparently he plans on retiring after the 2026-2027 season.

NAME: Aritz ELUSTONDO Irribarria POSITION: Center Back JERSEY NUMBER: 6 BIRTHDAY: 28-March-1994 BIRTH PLACE: Beasain, Spain HEIGHT 1.80 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: PREVIOUS TEAMS: Real Sociedad, Beasain, Real Sociedad B CONTRACT ENDS: 30-June-2028 (+1 year option) SALARY: € 1,200,000 per season

Aritz Elustondo is officially a player of PAOK. He signed a 2+1 year contract worth 1.2 mil per season. He will wear number 6.

Happy about pappou Taison. He can contribute for one more year as long as the new coach uses him wisely.

Zivkovic, Zafeiris and Gugesasvili rejoined the team and took part in today's practices.

He played very well. This WC should only increase his selling value. I would not rush into selling him to the Atlases of the World and wait for the WC to finish and shop him around since he no longer wants to play for us.

Sanchez gets the start against Czechia.

Apparently so. Not that it's any of our business. Also, I really doubt that this is the reason for his decision. It hasn't been an issue preventing him from playing on the NT for the previous 3 years.