Hellas futebol

[Faliro]

PAOK and AEK sniffing after Paulo Fonseca of Braga.

http://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/SuperLeague/maxh-paok-aek-gia-fonseka.4032470.html

[crowseye]

Many former Benfica players, Greeks in Estádio da Luz, a tradition to be carried for years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZJE9HAiohk

[Faliro]

It's an interesting video.

I would definitely have had Machlas, Gekas (most prolific expat goalscorer of all time), Stelios Giannakopoulos in that list.

[Faliro]

Panathinaikos start work on their Leoforo stadium this summer after the completion of the play-offs. All permissions and money secured so work can start without any problems. The first phase will be a new tier added to one of the main stands adding around 2500 seats. Than they will build next year the 4 corner buildings and the second tier along the second main stand. This will bring the total capacity up to around 20,000 seats.

Current form:







From the summer:









^^ To Resist..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PgfX5_XzSw

[Faliro]

Panaitolikos just signed this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Fernando_Pereira_Rodrigues

[RodriE]

Panaitolikos just signed this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Fernando_Pereira_Rodrigues

Good signing. I can see you buying him if he succeeds with them.

[Trapattoni]

I dont know if its my impression but Djebour seems to be a hell out of a "character" on Greek football since he already represented two of the biggest rivals from the country 

[Faliro]

He is actually a lunatic. I am not exaggerating. In Greece his nickname is the terrorist and he is fine with that. He is a wild character. He flourished at Olympiacos after leaving AEK - they considered him a traitor.. then he went back to AEK after travelling around a bit and it seems he has won them over again with his desire to destroy Olympiacos in the Cup Final this month.

His weakness and the reason he did not become perhaps a massive player is that apparently he has always had a bad knee that only allows him to last about 70 mins. I have never noticed this however, but their were rumours of him having difficulties in medicals when signing for clubs outside of Greece.

[Trapattoni]

He is actually a lunatic. I am not exaggerating. In Greece his nickname is the terrorist and he is fine with that. He is a wild character. He flourished at Olympiacos after leaving AEK - they considered him a traitor.. then he went back to AEK after travelling around a bit and it seems he has won them over again with his desire to destroy Olympiacos in the Cup Final this month.

His weakness and the reason he did not become perhaps a massive player is that apparently he has always had a bad knee that only allows him to last about 70 mins. I have never noticed this however, but their were rumours of him having difficulties in medicals when signing for clubs outside of Greece.

Yeah i have noticed that when i read on the impact it had over AEK followers when he signed for Olympiacos.
I still think that they are very far away from you guys in regards from the competitive level since they barely came out from the second division to the first league.
Funny that even Manolas that was son to a great figure in AEK accepted to play for their biggest rivals

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Manolas just wanted to get paid like Djebbour. At the time AEK were not paying their player's wages but accused anyone who left as a traitor..

The minute Djebbour and Manolas moved to Olympiacos and were paid on time, they flourished.

The funniest thing is AEK still tries to pretend they are better at developing players.

Their two main CBs? Both Olympiacos youth products. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Tzanetopoulos - wanted by Sevilla.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassilis_Lambropoulos


BTW the Manolas thing was very funny. You are right his uncle is an AEK legend (current AEK manager too!) When he left they said he left for the money. He came out and gave an interview from Italy and said he is and always has been an Olympiacos fan!!!  Now they really hate him. BTW Manolas seemed to pick up Italian in record time, I always thought this player was good enough for one of the two La Liga giants. Don't know of another CB with his pace.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b9aEQBjUK4

[Cloughie]

Djebbour sucks.

[RodriE]

Ibarbo to PAO?

[Faliro]

Ibarbo to PAO?

He has agreed with PAO, just needs the Italian club to agree.

[RodriE]

Ibarbo to PAO?

He has agreed with PAO, just needs the Italian club to agree.

Thats actually a big signing to your league! 

[Covenant]

Shortly after signing the contract, Manolas stated to the press, "I am extremely happy that I am going to continue playing for the team of my heart and it is an honour to wear the AEK Jersey for the next three years with my childhood club. I applaud AEK president Stavros Adamidis who believes in me and declined great offers from European teams to keep me at the club despite the huge economical problems the club is suffering. My dream now is to become the team's captain and win the league just like my uncle Stelios Manolas, who achieved this when he joined AEK.