Transfer News and Rumors - Winter 2019

[Blackhawk]

Let the rumors begin ...

[Blackhawk]

I'll start.

We have been linked to Lucas Martín Villafáñez.

Also we are allegedly making an offer for Masouras of Panionios whose contract expires at end of season, but we are dangling the prospect of Lambrou free transfer as part of the deal in order to bring him to Toumba in mid-season.

[Blackhawk]

Also Varela posted on Instagram that there are 40 days left, which everyone takes as the deadline where he will start talking to other teams if a contract extension from PAOK is not forthcoming. 

[pash]

He also said that the 40 days are how long until his house renovations are completed...

I'd take Villafanez, if we get rid of El Kaddouri. I don't see the point of Masouras when we have Lamprou. Neither of them will get a run anyway, so it seems like a real waste of time to look at so many wingers.

[Yiankos]

Lambrou is a good player. We have to keep him.

[italosPAOK4]

we want some serious good player from now for the next year in C.L.

[Blackhawk]

2 hours ago, pash said:

He also said that the 40 days are how long until his house renovations are completed...

You really believe that?

[pash]

No more or less than the rumors.

[Dutch Eagle]

Sporting Clube de Portugal is interested in Koulouris. They want him on loan till the end of the season. We want to sell him for 7 mio. Sporting is expected to come back with a request for a loan including an option to buy him in 2019.

[pash]

Wonder what it would cost us to break the loan...

[pash]

InPAOK says Watford are also interested in Koulouris. Remains to be seen, but let the bidding war begin!

Not sure which team I'd prefer him at - Sporting has a much better striker in Dost than anything Watford has, but Watford's depth is much better. They're also the British Udinese (for obvious reasons), so I'm not sure he'd get a run there.

[pash]

InPAOK now saying that Watford scouts went to see Koulouris play against Oly, and also watched Pashalakis vs Xanthi. Cha-ching

[Dutch Eagle]

San ton theio Skroutz (Scrooge) ejines, re Pash!

I don't want your money honey! I want your love protathlimata kai kipela! 

[pash]

I'm more than happy to cash out...in the summer! Just a shame that we'll replace them with more journeymen from Ukraine.

[Blackhawk]

Doubt it. Michel no longer runs the show.

[pash]

Forgot he was in Croatia, not Ukraine. Oh well, I'm sure there are enough Russkies out there that the Savvidis family will still push a few each transfer window.

[Dutch Eagle]

Dimitris Meliopoulos, the 18 year old youngster of Xanthi, is on our radar.

[Dutch Eagle]

We bought him ^ for 700K.

[pash]

Is the transfer window open already?? That was fast.

[Yiankos]

Τόσο νέος, που θα παίξει; Μη χαθεί φοβάμαι... Μακάρι να πάει δανεικός στο εξωτερικό!

[pash]

I agree. He plays in a position where we have two people on the squad now (Canas and Wernbloom), and another on loan (Moulin). We'd need to get rid of two of those guys for him to get any time at all. Personally I'd prefer he stay at Xanthi the rest of this season and then go from there.

Any word on price? Transfermarkt rates him at 300k: https://www.transfermarkt.com/dimitrios-meliopoulos/profil/spieler/416484

[pash]

And, here's a nice little move Meliopoulos made to set up a goal last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eyavesq3fk (starts at 1:10)

Though honestly I'm not 100% sure it was on purpose.

[Athens4]

I cannot see Moulin ever wearing a PAOK shirt again. Canas may not be with us after this season.

I must say that I have not seen him play so I cannot comment.

[Tahma]

We need Ellines, our starting 11 is a disgrace.

[Yiankos]

Tahma, I understand your frustration, but unfortunately we need foreign referees as well as we need foreign players. Foreign players like Prijovic. A Greek Prijovic would have already pushed for a transfer. In past years he would go to POK. Now, of course, we offer more money than POK. But he would push to go abroad. Instead, he chooses to stay with us. Give me more of that. We need players who love the team and not only their bank accounts.