georgelaz Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) russian league is pretty good. almost as good a portugal. zenit and cska moscow in particular. it's a strange league tho, seems like 80% ussr people and 20% brazilians. Off my first look at the squads. Edited January 1, 2017 by georgelaz
Nikitas Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 samaris has been put on the transfer list and probably will leave this month. apart from zenit there is interest from the premier league but samaris prefers zenit where he thinks he has more chance of starting. also a happy new year everyone. https://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerozero.pt%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D187025&edit-text=&act=url http://gavros.gr/blog/podosfairo/pros-zenit-o-samaris-den-thelei-premier-ligk
Dean97 Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 He should be pushing to play in the premier league. It's better for Greek players to be playing in competitive leagues like the EPL and push to be in the starting 11. This drive and desire can only do good for the national team. He is 27 and not 24, that's why he would rather play for Zenit, I don't blame him, he doesn't want to sit on the bench but it would be good to see him in the EPL.
Nikitas Posted January 1, 2017 Posted January 1, 2017 ^he can try but he is to slow for the premier league , he will fail there for sure. he himself said that he fits better in the russian league.
Nikod Posted January 2, 2017 Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) has any greek player ever had success in russia? The only ones I can think of who played there are Seitaridis (huge bust) and Karelis (no goals in nine matches according to wikipedia). Edited January 2, 2017 by Nikod 1
Dean97 Posted January 2, 2017 Posted January 2, 2017 ^ that's a good point but Samaris to me can do well in the premier league I don't know what he is worried about. He has a good touch most of the time and can play nice crisp passes. He is very strong aswell.
Nikitas Posted January 4, 2017 Posted January 4, 2017 zenit offers benfica 20 million for samaris. https://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fabola.pt%2Fclubes%2Fver.aspx%3Ft%3D3%26id%3D648928&edit-text=&act=url
Argy Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) It`s an isolated league that gets little exposure other than if sides make it to CL or EL. Zenit isn`t a bad team, but he'd be better off moving to mid-table England. Edited January 5, 2017 by Argy
Brklyngrk Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 A close friend of mine who is Portuguese and an avid Benfica fan told me Benfica is fond of Samaris. They view him as a good player who has a great attitude in the locker room. They are on the fence if they should sell him or not.
Nikitas Posted January 5, 2017 Posted January 5, 2017 ^well once again just as last time he was linked with them his agent and samaris say's that there is no contact between benfica and zenit and that samaris is happy with benfica. but the thing is he a benchplayer and probably will be untill the end of the season. https://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maisfutebol.iol.pt%2Fgeral%2F05-01-2017%2Fsamaris-esta-feliz-no-benfica-garante-empresario-do-medio&edit-text=&act=url
georgelaz Posted January 6, 2017 Posted January 6, 2017 don't see him doing well in epl. I can see him doing well in la liga or italy.
Nikitas Posted January 7, 2017 Posted January 7, 2017 reports say that zenit and benfica are negotiating. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ojogo.pt%2Ffutebol%2F1a-liga%2Fbenfica%2Fnoticias%2Finterior%2Fzenit-ja-negoceia-com-o-benfica-por-samaris-5589236.html&edit-text=&act=url
Nikitas Posted January 18, 2017 Posted January 18, 2017 apparently zenit didnt went higher then 10 million and benfica refused that , samaris also. benfica agreed with an offer from china but samaris didnt. sunderland and a championship club also made an offer and doubled his salary but samaris again refused. he wants to wait untill the end of the season and then decide. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=nl&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.pt%2Fdesporto%2Fbenfica%2Finterior%2Fsamaris-recusou-ofertas-da-china-russia-e-de-inglaterra-5611823.html
Nikitas Posted January 20, 2017 Posted January 20, 2017 all of a sudden more rumours about samaris and sunderland saying he can double his salary but i doubt he will go to a team who most likely is gonna relegate and when this season he can win the portugese league again and maybe 1 or 2 cups. a couple os times samaris mentioned that he really like to stay with benfica. http://talksport.com/football/sunderland-transfer-news-black-cats-target-benfica-midfielder-andreas-samaris-170120224589 https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ojogo.pt%2Ffutebol%2F1a-liga%2Fbenfica%2Fnoticias%2Finterior%2Fsamaris-e-negocio-para-render-mais-de-20-milhoes-5617711.html&edit-text=&act=url
georgelaz Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 can't see him doing well in epl. he's too slow.
Nikitas Posted January 21, 2017 Posted January 21, 2017 the latest about the sunderland rumour is about a loan deal with a buy option of 20 million but benfica wants more then that. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/580592/Andreas-Samaris-deal-Sunderland-transfer-news https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=nl&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fabola.pt%2Fnnh%2Fver.aspx%3Fid%3D652025
Nikitas Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 played a good match today against rockbottom team tondela. he assisted the 1-0 and benfica won with 4-0. mitroglou had an offday.
Nikitas Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 the coach of benfica blamed samaris for the most part in benfica's lost cup match against moreirense(who won the cup last weekend when they defetated braga in the final). when fejsa returned from injury yesterday he started again and samaris was left on the bench. benfica lost 1-0 against setubal. mitroglou started and played the whole match. https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=pt&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmjornal.pt%2Fdesporto%2Ffutebol%2Fdetalhe%2Fsamaris-alvo-de-criticas-de-rui-vitoria%3Fref%3DExclusivos_BlocoFimPagina&edit-text=&act=url
Nikitas Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 samaris has agreed a new 4 year deal with benfica. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/2813218/sunderland-target-andreas-samaris-agrees-new-four-year-deal-to-stay-with-benfica/ https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=nl&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerozero.pt%2Fnews.php%3Fid%3D190225
Argy Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 (edited) Would have been nice to see him in the Premier league, but Benfica is a bigger club than Sunderland. Edited February 8, 2017 by Argy
pash Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 There's no shame in playing for Benfica. They're a very good club.
Nikod Posted February 9, 2017 Posted February 9, 2017 Glad he's staying. He would've disappeared in Russia and I think the EPL is too fast and physical for him.
js1000 Posted May 14, 2017 Author Posted May 14, 2017 Won the Portuguese League with Benfica, amazing story really that's 4 titles in a row if you include the one he won with Olympiakos.
Greekaroos Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 According to reports out of Portugal and England, Newcastle want to sign Greece international Andreas Samaris from Benfica. The English side is offering €15 million for his transfer, however Benfica price Samaris at €20 million, double the amount they acquired him from Olympiacos a few years back. Newcastle coach Rafa Benitez is set on bringing the 28-year old midfielder to Saint James Park for the new Premier League season and despite the €5 million difference between the two sides, talks are expected to proceed and Samaris will sign with the English side. Samaris made 32 appearances last season in all competitions for the Portuguese champions. On the last day of the January transfer window he nearly signed with Sunderland, but Benfica saw Samaris’ departure as a big risk to the club after Danilo was already loaned out to Standard Liege.
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