Current PAOK Roster - Latest Signings

[Blackhawk]

First cuts to the roster made by Lucescu today:

Gordeziani, Panagiotou, Kanis and Panagiotis Tzimas. More to follow.

[Athens4]

I heard Tzimas will go to PAS Giannina.

[pash]

Wasn't he their player of the season last year? Hopefully he continues to improve.

Lucescu was never going to play anyone under the age of 28 anyway. Gordeziani seems to have been the only striker we had who could score during preseason, but why bother with him amirite

[Blackhawk]

NAME:                       Magomed OZDOEV
POSITION:                Central Midfielder
JERSEY NUMBER:   27
BIRTHDAY:              05-November-1992
BIRTH PLACE:         Grozny, Russia
HEIGHT                       1.83 m
PAOK DEBUT:          
NT DEBUT:               02-September-2014 (Russia – Azerbaijan 4:0 – Friendly Game) (35 national team caps – 4 goals)
PREVIOUS TEAMS:   Fatih Karagumruk, Zenit St. Petersburg, Terek Grozny (loan), Rubin Kazan, Rubin Kazan (loan), Lokomotiv Moscow, Dynamo Kiev, Terek Grozny Angusht Nazran, Malgobek Sport School
CONTRACT ENDS:    30-Jun-2025 (+1 year option)
SALARY:                   €   per season 

[Dutch Eagle]

Koulierakis changed his jerseynumber from #59 to #4

[Athens4]

Logical.

[Dutch Eagle]

 

[Blackhawk]

 

NAME:                         Soualiho MEITE
POSITION:                   Midfielder
JERSEY NUMBER:      8
BIRTHDAY:                 17-March-1994
BIRTH PLACE:            Paris, France
HEIGHT                          1.87 m
PAOK DEBUT:          
NT DEBUT:                  
PREVIOUS TEAMS:    Cremonese (loan), Benfica Lisbon, AC Milan (loan), AC Torino, Girodins Bordeaux (loan), AS Monaco, Zulte Waregem (loan), OSC Lille, AJ Auxerre, Vincennes, Gobelins
CONTRACT ENDS:    30-Jun-2024 (on loan from Benfica Lisbon)
SALARY:                     € 1,200,000 per season  (buy out option € 4,000,000 for 70% of rights)

[Blackhawk]

NAME:                        Marcos Silva Santos ANTONIO
POSITION:                 Midfielder
JERSEY NUMBER:     88
BIRTHDAY:                13-June-2000
BIRTH PLACE:           Pocoes, Brazil
HEIGHT                         1.66 m
PAOK DEBUT:          
NT DEBUT:                  
PREVIOUS TEAMS:   SS Lazio Roma, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, GD Estoril Praia, Athletico Paranaense
CONTRACT ENDS:    30-Jun-2024 (on loan from Lazio Roma)
SALARY:                     €

[Dutch Eagle]

The number of his jersey disturbs me. PAOK should forbid to use this number. Shame on us!

[pash]

yeah I think that's a real weird choice, assuming we're thinking about the same reference

[Blackhawk]

NAME:                         Kiril DESPODOV
POSITION:                  Winger
JERSEY NUMBER:      77
BIRTHDAY:                 11-November-1996
BIRTH PLACE:            Kresna, Bulgaria
HEIGHT                          1.79 m
PAOK DEBUT:          
NT DEBUT:                  23-March-2018 (Bulgaria – Bosnia 0:1 – Friendly Game))
PREVIOUS TEAMS:    Ludogorets Razgad, Sturm Graz (loan), Cagliari Calcio, CSKA Sofia, Litex Lovech, Pirin
CONTRACT ENDS:    30-Jun-2027
SALARY:                     € 1,000,000

[Blackhawk]

PAOK and Andrija Zivkovic are negotiating new contract. The old contract expires in June 2024 and Zivkovic can sign with anybody he wants in January 2024.  Apparently talks are going well and there is hope that they will sign a new 4 year (3+1) contract with increased salary. 

[Blackhawk]

Looks like the new contract with Zivkovic is a done deal. He will sign until 2027 and his new salary will be 1.5 mil Euro (300K raise).

[pash]

300k to extend him is a 25% increase in pay - not bad business by us, IMO. Any indication of if it's 4 years or the 3+1 previously assumed?

-edit- my mind was locked on a different estimate of his pay I had read, so I had a weird % - updated now!

Edited September 13, 2023 by pash

[Blackhawk]

I guess the +1 is the 1 year left in his current contract.

[Dutch Eagle]

[pash]

What was Antonio's buy-out option for? 6 million? If so, we may have just made that much from the Conference league.

Or, conversely, we could now buy Meite with cash left over. Puts us in a good position for next year, if either of those guys ends up being must-have players.

MORE TO COME, FOLKS!

[pash]

Kotarski extended through June of 2028. This is a very, very good move for us. Key player IMO - I can't believe he's only 23.

[Soprano76]

Will be sold to a big club in a top 5 league in the next 1-2 years. 

[pash]

For sure, and that'll be great. Just have to ask Boto to come back and choose a new GK every few years; very good business!

[Blackhawk]

Kotarski got a big raise in salary going from 450K to 800K plus bonuses. No buyout option was set.

[Blackhawk]

NAME:                         Jonathon Castro OTTO (JONNY)
POSITION:                   Right Back
JERSEY NUMBER:      19
BIRTHDAY:                  03-March-1994
BIRTH PLACE:             Vigo, Spain\
HEIGHT                           1.75 m
PAOK DEBUT:          
NT DEBUT:                  11-October-2018 (Wales – Spain 1:4 – Friendly Game))
PREVIOUS TEAMS:    Wolverhampton Wanderers, Atletico Madrid, Celta Vigo
CONTRACT ENDS:     30-Jun-2025 (extension option until 30-Jun-2026)
SALARY:                      € 850,000 per season

[pash]

Taison agreed to a single-year extension (and this has been announced by the team). Murg seems on his way to a 2+1. Hopefully Lucescu actually signs soon too.

[Blackhawk]

Taison will get 1 mil for that one season. Murg will get a raise and will be paid 500K per season.

Also Jonny's salary is approximately 850K per season.