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Meite has not played a single minute since our title winning game against Aris in May of last year. There is no way he is in any kind of playing shape right now. Meite would be a signing for next season.

One of Slavia's best players Lukas Provod got injured and will not be available for Thursday's game. Additionally a lot of Slavia players are fighting the flu, including the Greek NT player Zafiris.

Next game: Round 17 25-JAN-2025, 15:00 EET Larisa - AEL FC Arena AE Larisa - PAOK Thessaloniki 'B' TV: monobala.gr

Another loss of points. 0:0 tie with OFI. We are now 9 points behind AEK. Next game: WOMEN'S FOOTBALL LEAGUE - Round 11 26-JANUARY-2025, 14:00 EET Kastoria Kastoria GPO - PAOK Thessaloniki TV: Action 24 (https://www.action24.gr/live-stream/

Pelkas agreed with PAOK for 2.5 years at 650K per season. The only thing remaining is for Pelkas to be released from his contract with Basaksehir. We agreed with Cagliari to get Mateusz Wieteska on loan. If everything goes as planned the deal should be completed tomorrow or Wednesday. Looks like Meite is going to Panathinaikos, so we can stop the rumors about him. Panathinaikos is also going after Swiderski.

0:0 final We had our chances. At least we kept the +6 from Aris. Big game on Thursday coming up.

Aris had more chances, but Tissudali had the best chance to score in extra time of first half.

Also our new player Pena is in. I see him getting 10 minutes of playing time.

... and Pelkas is very close to signing with us. BTW Pelkas and Murg have the same agent.

Finally a win.

Squad: No Murg or Samatta! Good sign.

He's already practicing with the team, but only gets playing time with the 'B' team. However right now he is one of the many players on the 'B' team that is fighting the flu and probably won't be available for Sunday.

Which kid?

Apparently it was decided by Lucescu and Savvidis to part with 3 players this transfer period: Bakayoko Gomez one of the forwards Other moves are also planned, but they will be placed into force after the game with Slavia. As for Tsaousis, I watched some of the 'B' team games, and from what I have seen , he is not ready to come back to the senior squad. It's time for him to move on to some other Superleague team.

From what I heard it's not PAOK that initiated the loan talks. It was Tissoudali himself that came to PAOK with the offer from Saudi Arabia, which means that he has no intentions staying around. The Zivkovic injury is a big blow. Hopefully Despodov can fully cover the position. If we don't make a transfer move for the position, I foresee Vieirinha getting some extra time in that position to give Despodov some breathing room.

In a preparation game in Spain, Slavia tied with a Polish club Rakow Czestachova. The score was 2:2. They were losing 2:0, but managed to tie the game in the end. Slavia will play one more friendly in Spain against Philadelphia Union this week before traveling directly to Thessaloniki for the Europa League game.

BTW, Camara will not play in this game due to cards. Basically we are going into the game with one midfielder only (Ozdoev).

VS MATCHUP: PAOK Thessaloniki – SK Slavia Prague COMPETITION: Europa League – League Phase – MD7 DATE: 23-January-2025 TIME: 22:00 EET (20:00 UTC, 14:00 CST, 07:00 AEDT next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki – Toumba Stadium Stadium (28,708) REFEREES: TELEVISION: COSMOTE Sport (Greece), TNT Sports (UK), Stan Sport (Australia), DAZN (Canada), Paramount+, ViX (USA) PAOK’s History against teams from Czechia in European competitions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2024-2025: PAOK – FC Viktoria Plzen 2:2 (84. Tissoudali, 90+ Baba) - Att: 16,144 – Europa League (Group League Phase - Round 3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2016-2017: PAOK – FC Slovan Liberec 2:0 (30. Rodrigues, 67. Pelkas) - Att: 11,463 – Europa League (Group Stage - Round 6) 2016-2017: FC Slovan Liberec – PAOK 1:2 (10. Athanasiadis – p, 82. Athanasiadis) – Att: 8,880 – Europa League (Group Stage - Round 2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2002-2003: SK Slavia Prague – PAOK 4:0 – Att: 8,563 – UEFA Cup (Round 2 – Leg 2) 2002-2003: PAOK – SK Slavia Prague 1:0 (52. Georgiadis) - Att: 16,113 – UEFA Cup (Round 2 – Leg 1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2001-2002: FC Marila Přibram – PAOK 2:2 (15. Luciano, 60. Giasemis)– Att: 2,225 – UEFA Cup (Round 2 – Leg 2) 2001-2002: PAOK – FC Marila Přibram 6:1 (22. Giasemis, 28. Giasemis, 37. Okkas, 50. Konstantinidis, 75. Luciano, 87. Okkas) - Att: 5,677 – UEFA Cup (Round 2 – Leg 1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GAMES: 7 WINS: 4 TIES: 2 LOSSES: 1

I would keep Ozdoev and Otto, but as pash mentions Otto wants to return to Spain after this season. The front office/Lucescu should be working hard right now to start rebuilding the team for the next season.

Not a blunder at all. Had he stayed at PAOK he would hardly get any playing time. And if he did by any chance and scored the same goals as he did in Germany, the "Liverpools" of of the world would not offer more than 2-3 mil for the player. If we believe the rumors Nurenberg will pay the 18 mil option + the 2 mil option to get the 85% of the player, then PAOK stands to make somewhere between 23 to 25 mil. Also lets not forget that for Nurenberg to pay the option, the player has to agree to it. What's stopping PAOK and the player to agree and then sell him directly to Liverpool for 30 mil in the summer, taking the middleman out of the equation.

Important game. With a win we go to +9 points against them and the 5th place. With a loss they come close to us (+3 points) and we give them a chance to fight for the playoff spot. At a minimum we need at least a tie in this game.

That's why we got Thymianis for the midfield position. Did you see him get any playing time?

VS MATCHUP: Aris Thessaloniki - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Superleague 1 – Round 19 DATE: 19-January-2025 TIME: 19:00 EET (17:00 UTC, 11:00 CST, 04:00 AEDT next day) CITY/STADIUM: Thessaloniki – Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium (Capacity: 18,540) REFEREES: TELEVISION: Novasports Prime (Greece, Cyprus), Nets TV Plus (worldwide except Greece & Cyprus), Sport Plus (USA, Canada, Australia) Aris vs PAOK history: Superleague 2023-2024: 1:2 (Brandon, Taison) - Attendance: 18,644 (PLAYOFFS) 2023-2024: 2:1 (Baba) - Attendance: nf 2022-2023: 1:2 - Attendance: 11,165 (PLAYOFFS) 2022-2023: 0:0 - Attendance: 12,565 2021-2022: 1:0 - Attendance: 7,902 (PLAYOFFS) 2021-2022: 0:0 - Attendance: 9,191 2020-2021: 0:1 (Schwab) - Attendance: nf (PLAYOFFS) 2020-2021: 1:0 - Attendance: nf 2019-2020: 0:2 (Varela, Swiderski) - Attendance: nf (PLAYOFFS) 2019-2020: 4:2 (Swiderski, Matos) - Attendance: 16,249 2018-2019: 1:2 (Prijovic 2) - Attendance: 16,434 2014-2018: Aris played in ‘B & C Divisions’ 2013-2014: 1:1 (own goal) - Attendance: 10,154 2012-2013: 2:2 (Athanasiadis, Camara) - Attendance: 12,673 2011-2012: 1:1 (Papazoglou) - Attendance: 12,320 2010-2011: 0:0 - Attendance: 13,234 2009-2010: 3:2 (Papazoglou, Cirilo-p) - Attendance: 6,960 (PLAYOFFS) 2009-2010: 2:0 - Attendance: 17,353 2008-2009: 0:0 - Attendance: 14,065 2007-2008: 3:1 (Balafas) - Attendance: 11,565 2006-2007: 0:0 - Attendance: 13,280 2005-2006: Aris played in ‘B Division’ Alpha Ethniki (Professional) 2004-2005: 1:3 (Mieciel 2, Maladenis) - Attendance: 10,202 2003-2004: 1:1 (Vaggelis) - Attendance: 1,074 2002-2003: 2:0 - Attendance: no fans 2001-2002: 2:3 (Spasic 2, Giasemis) - Attendance: 12,455 2000-2001: 4:0 - Attendance: 12,890 1999-2000: 0:0 - Attendance: 15,393 (6,000 PAOK fans in attendance) 1998-1999: 2:0 - Attendance: 17,146 1997-1998: Aris played in ‘B Division’ 1996-1997: 0:0 - Attendance: 11,462 1995-1996: 0:0 - Attendance: 6,978 1994-1995: 0:4 (Toursounidis 2, Lagonidis, Bocziek) - Attendance: 3,587 1993-1994: 1:0 - Attendance: 11,547 1992-1993: 1:2 (Lagonidis-p, Borbokis) - Attendance: 4,145 1991-1992: 1:1 (Djurdjevic) - Attendance: 14,139 1990-1991: 0:1 (Hassan) - Attendance: 13,827 1989-1990: 1:0 - Attendance: 9,273 1988-1989: 0:0 - Attendance: 12,947 1987-1988: 1:2 (Skartados, Mavromatis) - Attendance: 16,752 1986-1987: 0:1 (Baniotis) - Attendance: 20,968 1985-1986: 3:1 (Siggas) - Attendance: 16,444 1984-1985: 3:0 - Attendance: 20,280 1983-1984: 0:0 - Attendance: 24,099 1982-1983: 0:0 - Attendance: 18,699 1981-1982: 2:1 (Kostikos-p) - Attendance: 23,482 1980-1981: 0:1 (Kostikos) - Attendance: 26,000 1979-1980: 2:0 - Attendance: 24,589 Alpha Ethniki (Amateur/Semi-Professional) 1978-1979: 1:0 - Attendance: 27,000 1977-1978: 0:0 - Attendance: 13,229 1976-1977: 1:2 (Kermanidis, Orfanos) - Attendance: 21,500 1975-1976: 0:0 - Attendance: 21,069 1974-1975: 2:1 (Aslanidis-p) - Attendance: 18,246 1973-1974: 1:0 - Attendance: 22,100 1972-1973: 1:2 (Paridis 2) - Attendance: 22,648 1971-1972: 3:3 (Foundoukidis, Mantzourakis, Gounaris) - Attendance: 13,420 1970-1971: 1:0 - Attendance: 16,475 1969-1970: 0:0 - Attendance: 15,348 1968-1969: 2:0 - Attendance: 20,123 1967-1968: 2:2 (Theofanidis, Foundoukidis) - Attendance: 16,146 1966-1967: 1:0 - Attendance: 12,421 1965-1966: 5:1 (Koudas-p) - Attendance: 12,496 1964-1965: 0:0 - Attendance: 8,791 1963-1964: 0:0 - Attendance: 9,560 1962-1963: 0:3 (Savvidis, Giakoumis, Vasiliadis) - Attendance: 9,223 1961-1962: 1:1 (Giakoumis) - Attendance: 2,616 1960-1961: 1:1 (Nikolaidis) - Attendance: 6,119 1959-1960: 0:1 (Havanidis) - Attendance: 8,973 Panhellenic Championship 1958-1959: 1:2 (Kiourtzis, Kouiroukidis) - Attendance: ? 1956-1957: 0:0 - Attendance: ? 1955-1956: 1:1 (Kouiroukidis) - Attendance: ? 1935-1936: 3:0 - Attendance: ? 1931-1932: 2:0 - Attendance: ? 1930-1931: 2:1 (Papaiordanidis) - Attendance: ? GAMES: 71 WINS: 19 TIES: 27 LOSSES: 25

Round 14: Diagoras - PAOK 'B' 1:0 Round 15: PAS Giannina - PAOK 'B' 1:0 Eight straight losses for the 'B'team! Next game: Round 16 18-JAN-2025, 15:00 EET Neapoli - Makedonikos Stadium PAOK Thessaloniki 'B' - Kavala TV: no coverage

I agree that's what is missing but I never liked Siopis. On top he is not getting any younger. I am sure we can find a player of his style and much younger. We need a Vitolo type player at a decent age.