Transfer News and Rumors - Summer 2017

[Blackhawk]

Apparently we are paying 800K for Lymnios plus Atromitos gets 15% of resale value. The deal with the player will be for 4 years and will be signed next week.

[pash]

Think we'll loan him out immediately?

[Blackhawk]

Just now, pash said:

I've been seeing a surprising number of articles about Zivkovic (Xanthi's GK) being linked with us...which makes no sense at all. Seems it was just a story being drummed up by Serbian media.

Surely this is his agent playing games to raise the price, since today there is news out of Serbia that Olympiakos is also interesting in him.

[Dutch Eagle]

Okay. Michel went to England arrange a deal. Who could this midfielder be?

http://inpaok.com/345983/έκλεισε-και-χαφ-ο-παοκ/

[PAOKSYD]

I would like to see limnio, lamprou and poggouras loaned out. I dobt see then ready for first team action and whats the point in burning them on the bench 

[pash]

Lamprou will be gone at least another year, so at least you'll get one wish granted. I agree on all three though. Hell, give Limnios back to Atromitos if he's getting regular game time.

[pash]

I can't remember the club ever showing off a player like this before they even signed. Must be a done deal.

 

 

[RED SHERIFF]

who is it?

[pash]

Limnios

[RED SHERIFF]

OK. Thanks..Not exactly a big secret?

[pash]

It's not, as far as I know. Just weird that they'd say something before he even signed.

[pash]

inPAOK, in an article about foreign players, note that Jairo is not likely to come back to us next season. The club doesn't think he's good enough, though I'm not sure if that's a "for now" or if that's permanent. Assuming they keep him, we will have no room for any other non-EU players (we'd be at our limit), and we'd actually be over the limit if Pereyra comes back (which I'm sure he won't).

Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if Jairo is not brought back specifically because Michel already has his sights on someone.

http://inpaok.com/347996/

[BostonThanatos]

Lots of rumblings about big names on their way, although besides Stoch, there aren't any other names out...Now that Berbatov came and went and Ronaldinho is retired at least we don't have to listen to that nonsense anymore, lol.

[pash]

So, rumblings that we are looking for a big name, but no actual names being dropped? What a shocker. Hellenic clickbait.

[pash]

Here's one that came out of nowhere - Saad Abdul-Amir. Plays DM for Al-Ahli and the Iraq National Team. I'd doubt this one is credible.

 

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/saad-abdulamir/profil/spieler/173467

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saad_Abdul-Amir

[pash]

Linked with Florinel Coman, a Romanian LW (19 years old). Michel reportedly in Romania to watch/buy him.

http://www.transfermarkt.com/florinel-coman/profil/spieler/340982

[pash]

inPAOK also linking us with this guy from the same team (Carlo Casap): http://www.transfermarkt.com/carlo-casap/profil/spieler/340981

Do we really need this many 19 year olds in positions that we are overflowing in?

[Nea Bafra]

don't worry pash, we'll convert them to full backs and then loan them out for 5 years and wonder why they never developed

Edited April 25, 2017 by Nea Bafra

[BostonThanatos]

If they are top up and coming talents that can be bought on the cheap, then why not not?  Low risk High reward situation.  Especially if clubs are allowed to have a B team competing in the near future , then it's a no brainer.

Edited April 25, 2017 by BostonThanatos

[pash]

Are we going to be seeing B teams? That would be interesting. I thought this was something Savvidis had tried a few years ago, via a purchase of a second or third division team?

[paokarag4]

we are being linked with Benoit Costil, French goalkeeper from Rennes. He is a free agent in the summer and apparently we are offering a 3 year deal worth 2.5 million. He was in the French squad for the euros last year 

http://www.contra.gr/Columns/contra-epithesi/paok/gallos-gkolkiper-gia-paok.4647878.html

Edited April 29, 2017 by paokarag4

[BostonThanatos]

On 4/25/2017 at 3:20 PM, pash said:

Are we going to be seeing B teams? That would be interesting. I thought this was something Savvidis had tried a few years ago, via a purchase of a second or third division team?

I read somewhere that there would be starting 2018-19 season. 

[pash]

On 4/29/2017 at 5:01 AM, paokarag4 said:

we are being linked with Benoit Costil, French goalkeeper from Rennes. He is a free agent in the summer and apparently we are offering a 3 year deal worth 2.5 million. He was in the French squad for the euros last year 

http://www.contra.gr/Columns/contra-epithesi/paok/gallos-gkolkiper-gia-paok.4647878.html

I just got around to looking this guy up. If we were to get him, he'd be worth twice as much as our next most expensive player (according to transfermarkt's numbers). Why would this guy want to come to Greece? 2.5mm also doesn't seem that much...

Also - kind of funny how we've been trying to replace Glykos for the past four or so years, and each year he keeps winning out. Is this where we need to be spending our money?

 

-edit- and after I wrote this I saw that he apparently has agreed terms with Bordeaux. So...there you go

Edited May 1, 2017 by pash

[Bananas]

The Costil transfer was never going to happen.  Great in theory though.  And yes, Glykos much to my amusement, keeps winning the GK position.  Having said that Glykos seems to have improved in the "howlers" department this season.  By that I mean he hasn't done many howlers whereas in previous seasons it was a matter of if not when.  He's still got the Cup Final though to absolutely destroy that statistic just like in the last final with PAO!

[pash]

The one transfer I think we still need, is a Mak-style speedster who can play centrally. Ditch Klaus for him, and we'll have a much more adaptable and unpredictable offensive line. Make it happen, Michel.