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Tomorrow is the deadline for PAOK to submit to EUFA the list of 25 players players for the remainder of the 2024-2025 Europa League season. Of the 25 players, 8 have to be "locally grown" players which means that we have to select 17 foreign based players to include on the list. Currently we have 21 foreign base players, which means 4 will have to be cut from European games. Our foreign based players are: Kotarski Baba Kedziora Otto Sastre Camara Murg Ozdoev Schwab Shoretire Gomez Vieirinha Chalov Despodov Samatta Taison Tissoudali Zivkovic Brandon Bakayoko Colley Which 4 will be cut? If by any miracle we sign a new CB by tomorrow, than we will need to cut 5 players from the list.

Upcoming PAOK players international duties: SENIOR NATIONAL TEAMS GREECE – Konstantelias 07.09.2024 21:45 EEST: Greece - Finland (Nations League) 10.09.2024 21:45 EEST: Ireland - Greece (Nations League) SERBIA - Zivkovic A. 05.09.2024 21:45 EEST: Serbia - Spain (Nations League) 08.09.2024 19:00 EEST: Denmark - Serbia (Nations League) BULGARIA - Despodov 05.09.2024 21:45 EEST: Belarus - Bulgaria (Nations League) 08.09.2024 19:00 EEST: Bulgaria – Northern Ireland (Nations League) CROATIA - Kotarski 05.09.2024 21:45 EEST: Croatia – Poland (Nations League) 08.09.2024 21:45 EEST: Portugal - Croatia (Nations League) GUINEA - Camara 06.09.2024 19:00 EEST: GR Congo - Guinea (Africa Cup) 10.09.2024 19:00 EEST: Guinea - Tanzania (Africa Cup) YOUTH NATIONAL TEAMS GREECE U21 – Balomenos, Tasiouras 10.09.2024 18:30 EEST: Faroe Islands - Greece (EURO 2025 Qualifying) ALBANIA U21 - Selimai 06.09.2024 20:30 EEST: Switzerland - Albania (EURO 2025 Qualifying)

Omonia wants him but they are only willing to pay him 500K. At PAOK he gets 1 mil. I am sure that by the end of the transfer periods (in Greece and Cyprus) they will come out with some kind of formula to satisfy both teams. Ff not, send him to the 'B' team. I am more worried about the CB situation. If we don't find somebody by tomorrow, we will need to got to EL with only 3 CB's plus Thymianis. That sounds like a disaster in the making.

If it is any consolation, Savannah, GA is pretty cool. If you went there during summer I would strongly suggest visiting Tybee Island, which is nearby.

Lucescu quite pissed off against the refs right after the game.

1:2 final. Good win against a tough team.

1:2 Camara Try and disallow that one ref.

1:1

Apparently an elbow by Baba the reason why it was disallowed.

Called back. Still 0:1.

0:2

0:1 with Zivkovic at the end of the 1st half. All the work done by Soretire.

Atromitos all over us and Kotarski quite shaky so far.

NAME: Omar Daniel COLLEY POSITION: Centre Back JERSEY NUMBER: 15 BIRTHDAY: 24-October-1992 BIRTH PLACE: Lamin, Gambia HEIGHT 1.91 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: 2012 (Gambia - Angola) PREVIOUS TEAMS: Besiktas Istanbul, Sampdoria, KRC Genk, Djurgardens IF, KuPS, Real de Banjul, Wallidan CONTRACT ENDS: 30-June-2025 (+1) SALARY: € 1,200,000 per season (+1 option – 60 % games of 2024-25 season)

NAME: Tiemoue BAKAYOKO POSITION: Defensive Midfielder JERSEY NUMBER: 8 BIRTHDAY: 17-August-1994 BIRTH PLACE: Paris, France HEIGHT 1.89 m PAOK DEBUT: NT DEBUT: 28-March-2017 (France- Spain 0:2) PREVIOUS TEAMS: Lorient, AC Milan, Napoli, AS Monaco, AC Milan, Chelsea London, AS Monaco, Rennes, Rennes B, Montrouge FC 92, CA Paris-Charenton, Paris 15e Olympique CONTRACT ENDS: 30-June-2025 (+1) SALARY: € 1,200,000 per season (+1 option – 60 % games of 2024-25 season)

I like this lineup, although I would have started Camara instead of Schwab/Ozdoev.

We are after Pantelis Chatzidiakos to fill the Ekong position on defense. it will be a loan from Cagliari with option to buy.

Simulations:

Need to win this one in order to go to the mini break with full points ahead of the game with Panathinaikos. My lineup: -------------- Kotarski --------------- Sastre - Kedziora - Michailidis - Baba ----- Camara ---------- Schwab ---- Zivkovic --- Konstantelias --- Taison -------------- Chalov ---------------

That's the one, and also who got us the winner against Aris in the cup game final played at Toumba in 2003 (0:47 in the video).

Fairly good draw in my opinion. We should be able to defeat FCSB and Ferencvaros. Also playing the two Czech teams at Toumba gives us added advantage and two wins are a possibility. Winning at Riga is a must, and who is to say we won't get a tie or two in the other away games. With that in mind, I would venture to say that we will win 4 games and tie one, which will give us 15 points, which according to the simulations gives us 42% chance of making the top 8 of the group. Nine points should be enough (56% chance according to simulations) to qualify to the playoff round. A lot will also depend on the actual schedule of the games which will be announced tomorrow.

I believe he is the son of G.X. Georgiadis, one of our best right wingers from the past.

Rafa Soares is being released by PAOK so he can join Famalicao.

0:2 Despodov

Ozdoev 1:0