Blackhawk Posted June 2 Author Posted June 2 Expect a lot of rumors for young players from Spanish lower division teams now that the ex-Real Madrid scouter has joined PAOK.
PAOKARA Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Even if PAOK bring in $40 million from the sale of players, they will still look in the bargain bins. 1
pash Posted June 3 Posted June 3 (edited) Schwab seems to be expecting a new offer from the team. Would be just like us to double down on age after what happened last season. -edit- Some pretty impressive numbers. https://www.metrosport.gr/paok-rekor-esodon-tin-teleytaia-dietia-1185437 I think these days most sales get done in installments, so it's unlikely the club has all of that in cash. But, then again, the club also probably will enter into an installment plan for whoever they buy. So no excuse! Edited June 3 by pash
Blackhawk Posted June 3 Author Posted June 3 Metrosport is the biggest enemy of PAOK in Thessaloniki, specially now that we decided not to use the Makedonikos stadium for the 'B' team games (Andronis: owner of Makedonikos and Metrosport). They employ some of the worst anti-PAOK reporters. I also like how they conveniently forget to mention any expenses that a club like PAOK might have.
pash Posted June 3 Posted June 3 I thought all businesses only had revenues and no expenses though??? Isn't that common? Are PAOK stupid?!
pash Posted June 4 Posted June 4 (edited) Seen a few rumors for Kotarski, but most recently was yesterday (Galatasaray), and that they would come to an agreement with the player before making an offer to PAOK. I hope this offer is true, because it would be a nice bit of business for us (10mm): https://inpaok.com/865231/tourkika-mme-ta-vrikan-kotarski-galatasarai/ -edit- allegedly Goztepe wants Despodov and thinks they can get him for 3mm. If the team doesn't have faith in him, then fine, but...this seems like a really low price for someone of his productivity. The Meite thing may be a 1+1 deal according to other rumors. Edited June 4 by pash
Blackhawk Posted June 4 Author Posted June 4 I think we paid around 3 mil for Despodov. I guess we just want to break even. I would keep him, but I think he wants more playing time, which he will not get with Zivkovic on the team.
PaokCT Posted June 5 Posted June 5 Waste of a transfer. I would've loved to see him play the CF position like he does with Bulgaria especially w/ our struggles in that position 1
pash Posted June 6 Posted June 6 Bunch of rumors today. Let's start from the top. MIrko Topic - defensive midfielder who plays for Familcao, contract expires in two years. https://www.transfermarkt.com/mirko-topic/profil/spieler/615302 Antoine Makoumbou - also a DM, plays for Cagliari (I think we were very barely linked with their away-on-loan Romanian striker?). His contract is up in a year but at least one site says this rumor is, as Blackhawk likes to say, "Fake News! Sad!" https://www.transfermarkt.com/antoine-makoumbou/profil/spieler/460651 David Jurasek - we were linked with him before, but he preferred to stay at Hoffenheim (where he's on loan from Benfica). He's a left-back, though, so if we get the Taylor then this won't go anywhere. And it seems only some Portuguese press thinks he's even on his way out. https://www.transfermarkt.com/david-jurasek/profil/spieler/500054 As for Sergio Pena, it seems some team from Lima really wants him. We paid very little to get him and it seems Lucescu is dead set against playing him, so logically he should move on.
pash Posted June 9 Posted June 9 Very much enjoyed waking up this morning to an instagram post by PAOK Today saying the Greg Taylor signing was a done deal, followed immediately by a post saying it wasn't a done deal. Such hard hitting journalism. For anyone who hasn't bothered reading this stuff - he apparently has an infant and is iffy on leaving the country, either with or without his family. Celtic apparently also have an offer out to him. I think it's virtually guaranteed that he will re-sign with Celtic for less money, given the facts and circumstances.
paokarag4 Posted June 9 Posted June 9 hahaha fantastic, we are well and truly in the swing of silly season. The longer this drags on, as tends to be the case, you think it is less likely he will actually sign. Conflicting reports is interesting, especially considering the initial reports that he had agreed to come where coming from Scotland..... 2
pash Posted June 9 Posted June 9 Yeah but those initial reports were just fan-sites, as far as I can see. I will note, though, that the player has zero reason to move quickly, even if the team wants him to. The only leverage they would have is to overpay so badly that no other suitors could compete. Anyway, seems Tissoudali will be sold, only question is the 1.7mm we're asking for vs the 1.2mm we're being offered. Probably will meet in the middle. A shame, he is quite good. Imagine if we had actually used him. Someone really dropped the ball on scouting him if he came to Greece "with an offer in hand" from the Saudis. And also inexcusable for our coach to not play him for such arbitrary reasons ("he does not yet know what I want"). For Meite, the contract is the main sticking point (as always) - he wants 1.6mm and we want to pay 1.2mm. InPAOK says we'll look elsewhere if we can't come to an agreement, as if this isn't a repeat of last year's absolute joke of a decision making process.
pash Posted June 10 Posted June 10 (edited) First news I've seen about Ozdoyev in a while. https://inpaok.com/865706/tourkika-senaria-gia-ozntoef/ For me, it's very important for the team to show that they're serious about getting both better and younger by offloading players like Ozdoyev. It's not that I dislike the guy. It's that he's 32 and would be, at best, a rotational-level player for a team that hopes to contend for the championship and go deep in Europe. At this stage in his career, he's not gonna reach new heights of excellence. Anyway, as for that other guy I mentioned the other day from Cagliari - the Turks seem to think we want him too: https://inpaok.com/865698/o-paok-bike-stin-ypothesi-tou-makoubou/ -edit- late edit to share the news that Taison said no to the offer, with the team expected to offer him even more to sit on the bench (oh who are we kidding, he'll be a starter for five more years)... Edited June 10 by pash
Blackhawk Posted June 11 Author Posted June 11 PAOK and Pavlenka agreed to a 2-year deal, which will be officially announced when the keeper returns to Thessaloniki to start the pre-season training. This basically means that Kotarski is history. Taison turned down our 500K (+ bonuses) offer for one more season. Let's see if we will make him a better offer.
pash Posted June 12 Posted June 12 Interesting that we've heard nothing about Greek players (but not surprising). Didn't we fail to sign Hatzidiakos last season? I thought for some reason he had made a permanent move to Copenhagen but that's apparently just a loan with an option to buy. He'd fill in a big gap in our team nicely, IMO. And for strikers...perhaps Fountas from OFI? I don't even know how they managed to get him to begin with, but surely he'd be better than some slob from second division Spain. 1
Blackhawk Posted June 12 Author Posted June 12 Someone on Instagram posted that we signed Spanish 2nd division player Casas. Eventually that Instagram post used Greek press reports that PAOK is after the player, which means that it was just stupid rumor. Instead of Hatzidiakos and Fountas, I would rather have players from our academies joining our 'A' team.
PaokCT Posted June 13 Posted June 13 I’m seeing on Twitter that Vasco De Gama is evaluating Pena. Looks like they value him at 2 million euros . If you’re PAOK, accept anything over 1.5 and use it to shore up the defense
pash Posted June 13 Posted June 13 Hopefully they offer us something for him... Seeing that Smyrlis from our B team (LW) put a goodbye post up on Instagram. His contract was up in two weeks so will be leaving as a free agent, to Panserraikos. I count ten other B team players with lapsing contracts, and I doubt any of them will be extended. Maybe most notable out of that group is Tsaousis.
pash Posted June 14 Posted June 14 Ozdoyev may have his suitor after all: https://inpaok.com/865977/symfonise-me-kotsaelispor-o-ozntoef/ This team just won promotion to the Turkish Superlig. No word on price (or if they've even been in contact with PAOK yet) but I'm guessing we'd have to release him as his contract automatically renewed. Also saw, in passing, that we may want our flowery friend from Levadiakos as our next RB, which I am very doubtful of. https://www.transfermarkt.com/triantafyllos-tsapras/profil/spieler/623561 1
PAOKSYD Posted June 15 Posted June 15 (edited) Guys we are like +100m euros on transfers and we talking about singing junk players. WTF is going on? No gipedo No training ground No squad Is Ivan f***ing with us???? Edited June 15 by PAOKSYD
pash Posted June 15 Posted June 15 Some rumors of Stuttgart wanting (and then denying they wanted) Konstantelias, but now new stories of Benfica and Porto wanting him. I'll believe it when I see it tbh
pash Posted June 16 Posted June 16 On 6/13/2025 at 4:30 PM, pash said: Seeing that Smyrlis from our B team (LW) put a goodbye post up on Instagram. His contract was up in two weeks so will be leaving as a free agent, to Panserraikos. Ended up signing for Panaitolikos, so just goes to show you how good our "news" sources are.
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