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Posted in AEK, AEK Athens FC, AEK Players, football, Greek Football, Greek National Team, Greek Soccer, Non-AEK Football/Soccer, Soccer with tags , , , , , on July 1, 2009 by alexaek

Well, its finally been confirmed: Katsouranis has singed for Panathinaikos. Its a hrard thing for me as an AEK Supporter to believe and accept but if that is what he truly wants then I guess nothing and nobody can stop him; money does have a way of speaking to people. Im sure, however, that he must be ready for the hostile greeting he will recieve at OAKA this upcoming season.

This is the second trasnfer, by the way, that our Athenian rivals have made of a player from a rival club. They have also singed Sebastien Leto, who was on loan at Olympiakos last season.

The Mediterranean games have begun in Italy and the Greek Team has played two games already with one being a 4-0 victory over Syria and the other being a 3-1 loss to Italy. AEK Striker Michalis Pavlis has scored three goals so far, two at the Syria match and the lone goal for Greece at the Italy game.

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AEK Updates

Posted in AEK, AEK Athens FC, AEK Players, football, Greek Football, Greek Soccer, Greek Super League, Soccer, Transfer Rumor with tags , , , , , , , on May 29, 2009 by alexaek

Well, some good news today. Firstly, Saja has officially singed on for another three years! This is great to see. He has proven himself to be right for the job and hopefully we’ll see another three solid years.

It is almost certain now that Kyrgiakos and Kafes will play this weekend. This is great news for every AEK fan, and it should greatly increase our chances of winning the game against Panathinaikos this weekend.

Some other news that some of you might have heard about lately is the Katsouranis transfer. For those of you havent there is a big deal going on here right now in Greece involving Katsouranis, AEK, Panathinaikos, Benfica, and even FIFA (although there really is not much FIFA can do).Basically, Katsouranis is being released a year before his contract with Benfica expires. This means that he can go for free and AEK will be missing out on five million euros they would have gotten had he not been released for free.It looks, at this moment, that he might be going to PAO or AEK. AEK have tried to get FIFA involved because they do not think that what Benfica is doing is right, and I agree, but there isn’t anything AEK or FIFA can do about it.

Alot of people are saying there are some “under the table” deals going on here. Really, at this moment in time, they are all just rumors and only time will tell what will happen.

More details here: http://www.sportingreece.com/kb/article.asp?fIndex=3262

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