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If we are serious we should not have any trouble qualifying to QR3. Hope we don't approach them like we did Levski Sofia.

We have "officially" told Meite that our offer for him is off the table. We also informed Benfica that the deal we made with them to set Meite free is off as well. Let's see if this is just putting pressure on Meite to make up his mind, or if we decided to look elsewhere.

Garcia also wants Lyratzis and Tsiggaras to join him at Atromitos.

That's way too early for me.

We did have hard time against Red Imps in Gibraltar playing on artificial turf, until Taylor did his magic and unlocked the 0:0 stalemate few years back.

That's not the number he picked. It was just leftover from a copy/paste exercise.

The draw for the first qualifying round of CL was made today. The draw for QR2 is tomorrow at 13:00 CET and we will face one of the winners from the following matches or Jagellonia Billystok FC Flora Tallinn (EST) - NK Celje (SVN) Virtus AC 1964 (SMR) - FCSB (ROM) KI Klaksvik (FRO) - FC Diferdange 03(LUX) Vikingur Reykjavik (ISL) - Shamrock Rovers (IRL) Hamrun Spartans (MLT) - Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) The New Saints FC (WAL) - FK Decic (MNE) FC RFS Riga (Lat) - Larne FC (NIR) FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR) - FC Pyunik (ARM) FC Ordabasy (KAZ) - FC Petrocub (MDA) FC Ballkani (KOS) - UE Santa Coloma (AND FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH) - KF Egnatia (ALB) Jagiellonia Bilaystok (POL)

First there will be a draw for QR1 on Tuesday June 18 which already has seedings and groupings set. Wednesday will be the draw for QR2 which will include PAOK. So far the only possible opponent that is known that we might face is Jagielonia Bialystok (POL) The remaining possible 11 opponents will be winners from QR1.

NAME: Konstantinos THYMIANIS POSITION: Right Back JERSEY NUMBER: - BIRTHDAY: 28-February-2001 BIRTH PLACE: Ptolemaida, Greece HEIGHT 1.86 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: PREVIOUS TEAMS: Panserraikos Serres, Skoda Xanthi, Iraklis Ptolemaida CONTRACT ENDS: 30-Jun-2027 SALARY: €

Apparently we are ready to extend the contract with Michailidis and give him a raise from 300K to 500K.

That rumor has been around for at least 6 months now. Don't know how true it is. His contract with Aris expired, so it just might be some fake news being propagated by media that have nothing else to write about. I could see it happening if we are able to get rid of Nasberg and Ekong.

One gold (Tentoglou) and two silver (Stefanidis, Karalis) medals for Greece at the European Championships.

Also forgot to mention that Zivko Zivkovic and Marcos Antonio are officially gone from PAOK.

The games that have been officially announced are: 03-Jul-24, 19:00 EEST: PAOK - AEK Larnaca 10-Jul-24, 19:00 EEST: PAOK - KRC Genk

Camara agreed to a 3-year deal at 1.2 mil per year and a signing bonus of 1.2 mil, so basically it comes out to 1.6 mil per season. He will be coming to Thessaloniki to undergo medical tests and sign the contract in few days. It other transfer news, Thymianis passed the medical tests and will sign 3-year deal with PAOK. PAOK is giving Kedziora few days to work things out with Dynamo Kiev before making a final decision about him. We also gave Meite a deadline to accept or turn down our offer. I think Meite is looking around to find something better than what we are offering.

Diego Biseswar was released from his contract by his current team SteDoCo.

Rumors galore concerning Konstantelias. Now the Salzburg offer is 17. mil and 17.5% resale. They are making things up as they go. In other news Pelkas resigned with his current Turkish team, so he is not coming back to PAOK.

The latest rumor floating around is that Salzburg's "final" offer for Konstantelias will be for 17.5 mil for 83% of the player, with PAOK keeping 17% share. Additionally there will be 15% of any resale price going to PAOK. It is also reported that Konstantelias has already agreed with Salzburg for a 5-year contract worth around 8 mil. In other new, we agreed with Benfica for Meite, which will cost us 2 mil for him to be released from Benfica. Not a bad deal as the original clause was 4 mil. Things must close to being finalized as it was reported that our new CEO Maria Gonchareva travelled to Lisbon on a business trip.

Our new CEO posing with the coach and the championship trophy:

Today was the deadline for candidates to declare their intentions of running for EPO president in the upcoming EPO elections. Only one candidate has officially declared that he is running for the office. It is none other than PAE PAOK Vice President Chrysostomos Gagatsis. Unless some some big coup takes place, Gagatsis will take over as the president of EPO . As a result of this he has stepped down from his position at PAE PAOK.

Somewhere on Thessaloniki sports radio station I heard that is exactly what happens. Dinamo Kiev has the right to extend his contract automatically by 6 months thanks to UEFA directive. Not sure how true that is.

Ludogorets are a possible opponent for us in the CL qualification campaign down the road (QR3).

All the Superleague goals by PAOK for this past championship season:

Rumors are Camara is demanding 2 mil salary, and we are offering 1.5 mil. If true, I would just stop talking to him now and go to the next player on the list.

Both Zivkovic and Despodov are starters in their respective games.