Olympiacos: The market that honours them and should honour them even more | Blog – Kostas Nikolakopoulos

K. Nikolakopoulos writes in his blog in the Official Gazette about Olympiacos’ moves from a market that usually “succeeds”.

Conversation on the occasion of the imminent acquisition of (free from Athletic Bilbao) Dani Garcia from Olympiacos.

“red and white” They have respected the free agent market for many years, and rightfully so. In my opinion, they should “honor” it more.

Immortal Olympiacos have benefited from this purchase. After all, let’s not forget that the hat-tricks they have secured, the last two of which came against AEK and PAOK, have come mainly from the French-speaking class of El Arabi, Valbuena and Embila, who came to Piraeus as free agents.

like It is also true that the team’s top scorers in the last two years have been strikers who were also signed as free agents, Bakabu and El Kaabi. As it is, Olympiacos did their job in terms of goalkeeping, first with Vatsilik and then with Paschalakis, who they also took on as a free agent. Papastathopoulos, who they acquired as a free agent, also helped.

Until now Other free agents last summer, besides El Kaabi, have done things for Olympiacos, some less, some more. I am referring to Iborra, Jovetic and Kenny. One of the best players in the team since the first moment of his arrival is Rodini, who is also a free agent.

certainly Such moves don’t always work out. Last year, Olympiacos released Marcelo, Hamis and Vrsaljko, and we know what happened next.

Overall, though, Olympiacos is good at this kind of move. Well, we’re not saying they should get… Bobby Allen! It goes without saying that free agents should be players with a track record and a resume. And they shouldn’t be “burned” by too much “use” or problematic letters.

By the way, I hear good things about the player AEK signed, Pereira. They are both purely competitive and as a character.

accidental: How did Croatian Brinjic end up at the new Slovenian champions Celje on loan from Olympiacos? The coach in Celje is also Croatian Kriznar, who Brinjic played for last season (2022-23) in Maribor, Slovenia.

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But Al Kaabi is still on vacation in Morocco.

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