Transfer News and Rumors - Summer 2024

[Blackhawk]

It's official. Camara signs with PAOK for 3 years.

 

[pash]

InPAOK is saying the Belgians are saying we're interested in this guy (as are the Saudis).

https://www.transfermarkt.us/tarik-tissoudali/profil/spieler/245228

Scored a lot of goals last year, but don't know much about him either way. I doubt we will be willing to get into a bidding war with the Saudis.

[pash]

This is interesting. Klose was announced as coach of Nuremberg on the 11th.

https://inpaok.com/825310/diplo-endiaferon-gia-tzima/

Considering that we are still being linked with many strikers, and we've heard nothing about Samatta actually leaving, I could definitely see us loaning Tzimas out (particularly since he's now with us for four more years). If Klose has any ability to impart his wisdom, this could be an amazing opportunity for the kid.

[paokarag4]

Agree, far from the worst place to be a loaned too especially with an all-time great striker as his manager! Worst case he comes back to us at 19 after having a played a year in Germany (even if it is the 2nd tier) with still plenty of scope for improvement and development. These are the types of leagues to loan too, not within Greece IMO. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Tsiftsis will be officialy announced soon as he passed the medicals.

[Blackhawk]

It's official:

We paid Tripoli 400K and they have 20% resale option. He will be paid 200K per season.

[paokarag4]

Looks like the Tzimas loan to Nurnberg is happening. Just about guarantees we bring in another striker. 

 

https://www.paok24.com/podosfairo/500407/ektakto-sti-germania-o-tzimas/

[pash]

Pretty outrageous clause too; I'm happy about that.

18 million for 85% of his rights, plus a 2 million bonus. Hopefully when he returns, it'll be a Pelkas-like transformation and he will actually get playing time. That last bit is sadly unlikely, considering the types of players Lucescu prefers (old).

[pash]

Genoa apparently offered us 3 million plus a loan of an undisclosed player for Kotarski. Hard pass.

Vieirinha has also signed his new contract, and won't say that it's his last one. Lucescu creaming his jeans right now.

[Dutch Eagle]

We turned the offer of Genoa down. I couldn't agree more. 3 mil is way to low. 

 

[pash]

Apparently this is who inpaok is saying was on offer for a loan. Definitely not worth it.

https://www.transfermarkt.us/kelvin-yeboah/profil/spieler/589737

[pash]

The Genoa stuff keeps coming up. They may come back with a big offer. If we can extract ten million for him, I say sell all day.

[Blackhawk]

I doubt they will offer 10 mil, and if they do, I would wait until end of August to sell him after we qualify for the League Stage of CL.

In other new we are apparently letting Tzimas go for free to Asteras Tripoli, but will keep a small resale percentage. He had a decent loan season at PAS Giannina.

[pash]

This was the same Tzimas that Lucescu wanted to turn into a RB/LB, right? Just as he wants to do to seemingly all players.

[pash]

I wasn't gonna post this, but @PaokCT insists (and I see it on some other pages now):

 

https://www.transfermarkt.us/cesar-huerta/profil/spieler/540315

 

Got some pretty fun highlights, I must admit:

 

[paokarag4]

7 hours ago, pash said:

The Genoa stuff keeps coming up. They may come back with a big offer. If we can extract ten million for him, I say sell all day.

10 million IMO is what he is worth, whether we get that or not is another issue. I too am worried that he is on his way out, hopefully we do hang on to him for the UCL qualifiers as blackhawk mentioned. 

Apparently we made a late play for Brignoli, which further worries me because it tells me the club is resigned to losing Kotarski and the player has made it clear he wants to be sold this summer. 

[Bananas]

None of us want to see Kotarski leave.  He's been our best GK maybe ever.  Very reliable.  As for the offer from Genoa, it's pitiful.  If we do sell, anything under 7 million would be a shame.  10 million would be acceptable.  Hopefully we hold out and he doesn't kick up a fuss.  Ideally we don't sell as it's not easy to find a good GK but I guess people's short term memory isn't reliable.

Discussions with Brignoli make sense, just in case.  He is a decent GK apart from that one patch for a few weeks where he just lost the plot.

[pash]

I find this, if true, to be pretty obnoxious: https://inpaok.com/826031/meite-epikoinonia-tis-plevras-tou-me-ton-paok/

 

From what I've seen of Marin, I'd rather have him. Or Misic, really.

[pash]

Social media accounts just started posting about Samatta being on his way to Al Kholood, which I'm pretty sure is what they call the sandworms in Dune

[Athens4]

7 hours ago, pash said:

which I'm pretty sure is what they call the sandworms in Dune

My first thought exactly. LISAN AL GAIB!

[pash]

 

Anyway:

Haven't heard this one before. Seems to play LW. I am wondering if we'd move for a guy at this age, if Quagliata ends up impressing Lucescu (as unlikely as that is). Though there is something to be said for keeping a pipeline going for a few years down the line.

https://inpaok.com/826054/endiaferon-paok-gia-ton-gkloustsevits/

https://www.transfermarkt.us/matija-gluscevic/profil/spieler/698540

-edit- after watching the highlight vid in that first link, I realize he's clearly a right-footed right-winger, so plays exactly the same position as Zivkovic and Despodov. Seems very superfluous to me, in that case.

Edited June 30, 2024 by pash

[PaokCT]

Huerta is getting a start today vs Ecuador in the Copa 

[pash]

Some more names:

Cyriel Dessers - striker for Rangers; I very much doubt there's truth to this, considering they just hired him, he played a lot last season, and seems to have been very successful there.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/cyriel-dessers/profil/spieler/317806

 

Tiago Gouveia - winger for Benfica; seems to play mostly on the right. Reportedly Benfica already rejected a big offer for him from some other team.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/tiago-gouveia/profil/spieler/479638

[pash]

Here's one that seems destined for the B team:

https://www.transfermarkt.us/christos-kourfalidis/profil/spieler/650224

He moved to Italy when he was 17; man's spent more time there than El Kaddouri, huh?

[pash]

Sounds like Kedziora is finally on his way. "Cleaned out his locker," allegedly. If true, then we can probably expect him in the Netherlands by Saturday/Sunday, depending on if he has to go to SKG first.

Edited July 5, 2024 by pash