Superleague
Panathinaikos stole a church by signing Cerin and he changed the whole direction of the midfielders
Kostas Goulis writes about Cerin, who became an important part of the Panathinaikos line-up and very important for Ivan Jovanovic, and explains why the Greens stole a church with his transfer.
It was acquired in the first days of July, completely “quietly” and without many people knowing about it. It was the third summer transfer from Panathinaikos to Lodingin, Ganea and the first outside of the Super League.
The first “hit” in the non-Greek market, where the reporters covering the “Cloverleaf” report searched the Internet (and not only) for information about an unknown Slovenian boy named Adam Cerin, who in 2019 – in Aged 19 – forced Nürnberg to pay around €1.2m to sign him from Domzale.
There he could not assert himself because his adaptation was too difficult. He found himself very young at one of the most extraordinary clubs in Germany, where nobody shows patience for development, but he managed to revive his career with his two-year loan at Rijeka.
The Croatian lacked the money to activate his purchase option from Nuremberg, which had increased to 800,000 euros, and the young Slovenian returned to Germany.
In mid-June, during the first round of talks between Panathinaikos and Benjamin Verbic’s advisor, Amir Ruznic, the latter offered the Greens a takeover of Cerin. Ivan Jovanovic began gathering information about the 23-year-old, reviewed everything and gave the “OK” for the takeover on June 25.
Not as the first choice of the rotation in the first phase, but as a backup solution to increase depth in the squad and particularly at the ‘8’ and ‘6’ positions, with Cherin earmarked to replace Ramon Lundqvist, the only acquisition the last season in which he did not rest and returned to Groningen after his loan expired.
However, the most interesting part has to do with what Panathinaikos paid to acquire Cerin. The German reporters, who were the first to mention the advanced negotiations between the two clubs, had reported that the deal, valued at around €700,000-800,000, would be completed. In other words, they charged an amount based on the clause that Rijeka had to buy him too, but they didn’t do it a few weeks earlier.
Nuremberg initially demanded 1 million euros
The Germans initially demanded about 1 million euros from Panathinaikos to limit their losses from the investment they made in 2019, but the Greens, after tough two-day negotiations, lowered the final amount, less than half.
Panathinaikos paid €450,000 to acquire Cerin, leaving them with no resale percentage (although this was a checkmate), but they added a number of participation and scoring bonuses. And the 23-year-old Slovenian’s four-year contract was just over 200,000 euros on an annual basis.
That’s about the negotiation. Because Cerin surprised everyone positively on the pitch in the following weeks and showed early on that he is the definition of a “bass” transfer.
And if, as the saying goes, a good day can already be seen in the morning, the 23-year-old midfielder suddenly showed his very serious and professional profile.
When Panathinaikos arrived in Valchze-Kosen, Austria on July 5, the first day of his preparation, he asked to train at full intensity with the rest of the group, despite having to travel 4 hours by car from Ljubljana to the City in the Austrian Alps, arriving at team hotel one hour before afternoon training.
For Cerin, the whole direction of midfielders has changed
Over time, Cherin became an important part of the lineup, very quickly elevating his status in the team and becoming very important. With a presence in the top positions of all basic statistical categories.
To the point where Jovanovic led to the decision to change his ultimate transfer target for the two central midfielders Panathinaikos were looking for at the end of the window.
And instead of a more experienced and experienced player who will play a “leading role”, he chose the options of young Enis Csokai and Alexi Trouillet, so as not to “cut” the development path of Cerin, which was already there. play with the face of a 30-year-old.
A terrible relocation investment for the present and the future, at 1/10th of the money Panathinaikos raised from the sale of Sotiris Alexandropoulos to Sporting a month and a half later (€4.5m, plus 30% resale percentage).
And with the image Cerin already has on the field as an excellent complement to “Professor” Ruben Perez in the “Cloverleaf” midfield, it could be said that Panathinaikos stole a church, from the moment he just had to pay 450,000 euros for a player who in a few years (and if he continues like this) will add a lot of zeros to his acquisition value.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
Superleague
Despodov became an integral part of a well-coordinated machine: the two great performances against Kifissia
Kirill Despodov put in his best performance with the PAOK jersey in the 2023 final and showed that he has fully integrated into Razvan Lucescu’s group. The Bulgarian midfielder’s outstanding performances against Kifissia.
PAOK ideally completed its commitments before the end of 2023, when it passed Kaisariani with full football and played the newly enlightened Kifissia.
Lucescu’s men produced their most productive performance in this year’s Stoiximan Super League, finishing second in threat as their 15 final appearances were valuable 2.29 xGoals. The previous event happened three days ago in Tripoli when they beat Asteras 4-1. Thomas Murg’s star shone in this game. In Caesariani, Kirill Despodov was MVP.
The Bulgarian midfielder was one of six goalscorers for the Black and Whites and provided three assists, marking his most successful appearance for the Black and Whites. Tyson and Zivkovic were absent from these two games (Asteras and Kifisia), but their absence was never felt. And in this (especially at Kifissia) Despodov played an important role.
Despodov’s two great performances against Kifissia
Kirill Despodov was deployed on the right attacking wing, the position where Lucescu uses him most often, and the Bulgarian once again fulfilled his role. In fact, he was the player higher up the field (77) than Brandon Thomas (71) who turned further back on the field several times, as we can see in the Opta Stats/Perform graph.
Lucescu held him the entire game and Despontov finished the game with 58 actions with the ball. In fact, ten of them were in the Anagnostopoulos area. It was the highest performance by a Dikefalo player in the league, behind Tomas’ 11 appearances against Lamia.
In one of these ten actions, Despodov scored with a beautiful shot from deep. Where it stood out from Kifissia was the creation part. Created four finals All three even provided assists for his teammates (for goals from Thomas, Murg and Ozdoev).
At the same time he had four successful dribbles a record performance by a PAOK player in 90 minutes. Because Despodov was high up the pitch, he didn’t have many passes, but he had a very good scoring rate 26/32 precise passes.
The Bulgarian started perfectly at PAOK, but gradually experienced a slight decline as his role in Dikefalos is different to the one he had in Ludogorets. But now he shows that he is fully integrated, which is clear from both his appearances and his statements.
The summer addition of Despontov and the return of Murg gave Lucescu the opportunity to comfortably and successfully navigate the league and Conference League by splitting time and opening up the rotation. These two footballers were able to adequately fill the gap left by Živković and Tyson, who were missing in the last few games.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
The league announced that a board meeting will be held on Wednesday (December 27). The first item on the agenda was changing the overall program of league games.
The management of the Super League announced that a board meeting will be held on Wednesday (December 27), the first item on the agenda of which will be the change of the summary schedule of league games are not the election of a new president following the resignation of Vangelis Marinakis.
The corresponding announcement states:
“It is announced that a meeting of the Super League Board of Directors will be convened via video conference on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
The agenda items are as follows:
1. Change to the annual summary schedule of the Stoiximan Super League 1 (Men).
2. Open points from central sponsorship contracts from previous years.
3. Miscellaneous”.
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
Stoiximan and PAOK PAOK made an act of donation and solidarity with the hospitality hostel of the “Storgi” association in Thessaloniki a few days before the Christmas party.
More specifically, PAOK footballers Theoharis Tsingaras, Yiannis Michaelidis, William Paul Troost Ekong and Brandon Thomas were at the hospital for children with cancer on the occasion of the club’s Christmas event this year.
During the event, the footballers met and chatted with the children while giving them gifts and autographs as a small act of solidarity in a festive atmosphere full of joy and love. At the same time, the two partners undertook another act of providing financial support from the organization, thereby demonstrating in practice support for their valuable and demanding work.
“Through his actions, Stoiximan practically supports people who struggle with serious illnesses and fight their own battle every day. This Christmas, together with PAOK PAOK, we support the commendable efforts that the Association of Friends of Children with Cancer “STORGI” makes every day. with the aim of contributing to improving the everyday lives of the sick children and their companions who are staying in the “STORGI” guesthouse. We wish all children a speedy recovery and that they return home soon in good health,” said Ms. Ioanna Kozadinou, Head of Corporate Responsibility at Stoiximan.
MS. Anna Mouradidou, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at PAE PAOK, stated:
“The Association of Friends of Children with Cancer “STORGI” takes on an important role in caring for sick children and their families in northern Greece. This year, together with our sponsor Stoiximan, we are also strengthening the work of the “STORGI” hostel, which houses dozens of sick children. We stand by these life fighters and wish them a healthy year with more smiles.”
Source: sport 24
I am a writer at Sportish, where I mainly cover sports news. I’ve also written for The Guardian and ESPN Brasil, and my work has been featured on NBC Sports, SI.com and more. Before working in journalism, I was an athlete: I played football for Colgate University and competed in the US Open Cross Country Championships.
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