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We stand no chance against Benfica, and if we play like yesterday we have no chance against Kiev either. For that reason I prefer Gent which is the easiest opponent, specially if we play them at Toumba. If we qualify to the playoffs, we get an extra 5 mil in prize money, which might be our real goal anyway, and then have a better fighting chance in a 2-game series in the playoffs.

Apparently Rebbe has 3 transfers lined up and was waiting until we played the CL qualifying game. There will be some movement of players in the coming days. I expect changes in the goalie position, and possible sale of Giannoulis. I would not be surprise if we see other players leaving (Matos, Biseswar). Certain departure is Warda. Also some youngsters will be loaned out/set free.

He is making 800K a year and will most likely stay for the rest of his contract with PAOK unless some Italian team pays us some decent money, which I don't see. I think he will finish the season with us and then move on. If he stays injury free he will be a helpful asset for Ferreira this season. He will not take a pay cup after his contract ends. The pay cut proposed to old players such as Mauricio/Vierinha turned into the players moving on. I expect the same with El Kaddouri.

We played a very good 1st half. Missed a penalty as well. Besiktas had some chanced in 2nd half to get back into the game, but in the end we prevailed. Hero of the game was Tzolis who scored two goals and assisted on the third. Draw for next round is no Monday. We will face one of the following: Benfica, Dinamo Kiev, or AA Gent. At the very least we have secured a spot in the Europa League group stage.

OPEN TV will have geo restrictions, but VPN should solve that issue. Last resort will be the Turkish channel Kanal D which I think will have the game without geo restrictions.

These are the players picked for the game: Πασχαλάκης, Ζίβκοβιτς, Ροντρίγκο, Βαρέλα, Ίνγκασον, Κρέσπο, Μιχαηλίδης, Γιαννούλης, Εσίτι, Σβαμπ, Ελ Καντουρί, Μπίσεσβαρ, Πέλκας, Ζαμπά, Λημνιός, Σφιντέρσκι, Άκπομ, Τζόλης with than in mind I expect this lineup: ------------- Paschalakis ------------- --- Ingason -- Varela -- Michailidis --- ----- Schwab -------- El Kaddouri ---- Rodrigo ------------------- Giannoulis ------- Pelkas ---------- Tzolis ------- ------------- Akpom ------------------ Would not be surprised to see Crespo instead of Michailidis or Limnios instead of Rodrigo

Exactly, only 3 subs allowed (4 if the game goes to extra time). The worst thing is that there is no VAR. Leaving Matos out is a big mistake IMHO. There is more going on behind the scenes than we know. Vieirinha is an example of that.

And the 3rd jersey for 2020-2021 is:

Very good signing. The only Aris player I would want at PAOK. He did have a good season despite coming back from the serious injury.

Today's moves: Melissas officially signed with Panaitolikos - free transfer Gargalatzidis officially signed with OFI - free transfer Wernbloom officialy signed with Gotteborg - free transfer

Our new retro jersey: Much better than our first jersey.

Reports are that we are trying to arrange a friendly against Panathinaikos in Athens on September 5.

Also your favorite player Gaitanidis is on the list

List of players submitted to UEFA for the Besiktas game: LIST A Άκπομ, Ροντρίγκο, Μπαλογιάννης, Μπίσεσβαρ, Κρέσπο, Μάτος, Ελ Καντουρί, Εσίτi, Γιαννούλης, Ίνγκασον, Λημνιός, Βαρέλα , Μιχαηλίδης, Μιχάι , Νινούα, Πασχαλάκης, Πέλκας, Ρέι, Ζαμπά, Σβαμπ, Σφιντέρσκι, Τσαούσης, Τσιγγάρας, Τζόλης, Ζίβκοβιτς. LIST B Αβεντισιάν, Μπαλωμένος, Γαϊτανίδης, Γιαξής, Κωνσταντέλιας, Κουλιεράκης, Κούτσιας , Λύρατζης, Παναγιώτου, Ταλιχμανίδης. Wernbloom and Warda are missing from the lists.

Following in the steps of PAOK TV, PAE Panathinaikos officially unveiled their new television channel Panathinaikos TV. The channel will be available as a streaming channel on the internet. It will also be available as a subscription channel on COSMOTE TV. It will be showing Panathinaikos home Superleague games as well as friendly games. Additionally it will be used to televise Panathinaikos games in other sports. The link to the channel is www.PAOTV.gr Yesterday NOVA offered Panathinaikos 5.7 million Euro for their home games, but Panathinaikos turned them down claiming they are paying Olympiakos 11.5 million and AEK 6.5 million for their games. Here is the official announcement by Panathinaikos concerning Panathinaikos TV:

The wages are not completely gone In the case of Wernbloom (not official yet anyway) and Stoch. I am sure they demanded at least 50% of the future wages to terminate their contracts which we probably spread out with a payment plan in order to help with FFP. Wernbloom still has one year left in the contract and Stoch had 2 years left. So far only Mauricio and Vieirinha wages are completely gone. Reports are that Vierinha is now willing to have a talk with front office about possible return. I see that happening right after the Besiktas game. He will probably agree to a 600K contract with substantial bonuses. Next players to leave the team after the Besiktas game will probably be Warda and Paschalakis. Also Giannoulis and Limnios if we can get some good money for them.

Originally it was scheduled to be on the satellite/cable channel Spor Smart in Turkey, but the Turkish government stepped in and ordered the game to be shown on national network for free. I am pretty sure the stream will be available and open for everyone. Should be the same with Open Beyond TV stream, but I am sure they will have geo restrictions. I was hoping a VPN would work, but every time I connect to their web stream using VPN with a Greek IP I get a screen telling me the programming is not available outside of Greece. We might have to resort to a stream with Turkish commentators even though I am sure more viewing options will be available by game time.

Omonia made an offer for Warda. If it is any decent amount I would sell him pronto. Today we let Diamantos and Gargalatzidis free in order for them to sign with OFI. PAOK retains resale option as well as re-signing option. Pretty good move.

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PAE PAOK has released the new striped jerseys for this season. Very disappointing design. I don't like them at all. Not buying one.

Ivan Savvidis has decided that the PAOK - Besiktas game will be televised in Greece on OPEN Beyond TV and not PAOK TV as was initially scheduled.

Miroslav Stoch and PAE PAOK have mutually ended their contract. He is now history and he will most likely go back to Slavia Prague. He had 2 years left on his contract with PAOK. Financial details were not released.

As far as I know Besiktas does not have any scheduled. In their case I am even more surprised since they are signing all these new players that never played together before.

Savvas Theodoridis, the clown that used to come out after Olympiakos games giving interviews to a hand with a microphone and claiming that there are 6 million Olympiakos fans and that O Aris is the biggest team up North died from COVID 19 complications. RIP.

And we let our last season's third goalie go free as well.