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The data on the new contract with Ingason
PAOK and Ingason want to continue their cooperation in the coming years and it remains to reach an agreement on the finances and the duration of his new contract.
PAOK have already renewed the contracts of several players they want to keep in Toumba but still have open fronts.
One of the most important has to do with Ingi Ingasson, who has put his serious knee injury behind him and has become elementary again and irreplaceable in the center of bicep defense. The truth is that – if you rule out tomorrow’s game with Atromitos (13/2, 17:15, NOVASPORTS 2HD, LIVE Sportish) where the Icelander will be absent – for quite some time Lucescu has been looking for Ingason’s partner in the stoppers before every game.
Anyway, in Toumba they decided to move more intensely to complete the subject of his renewal and expressed on the part of the footballer the will to stay in Toumba in the years to come. In fact, information suggests that both sides are ready to reach a final agreement.
The point is that if this agreement is reached, it will be close to the terms set by the Icelandic side. PAOK didn’t want to take the risk and, as usual, waited to find out what situation Ingason will return to after a long absence.
The 28-year-old has returned for good, already has 13 caps – 16 together with those he made at PAOK BD – and two goals, showing he’s already at the level he was before his injury. Since it’s a reference point in the posterior bicep, it makes sense to have high aspirations. According to the information, they should renew approximately 1.2 million euros per year with a time horizon of three years.
Despite the goodwill that exists on both sides, PAOK’s side is under the most pressure. This is because Ingason has already acquired the rights to speak to other teams since January 1 and there are several who have shown interest in taking him on.
What is certain is that Dikefalos’ people, Razvan Lucescu and Jose Boto, see the Icelander’s face as the leader of PAOK’s defense for years to come and that the footballer himself has priority over staying in Toumba. It is now a matter of reaching an agreement on the finances, but also on the duration of his new contract.
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