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July 31st, 2008

Darko delivers in win over Getafe

By: Peter Katsiris | Comments No Comments

It was the theme in Piraeus throughout last year, and Darko Kovacevic made sure it continued tonight as the Serbian scored the lone goal in a 1-0 Olympiacos win over Spanish side Getafe. After coming off bad results in their previous summer friendlies, Olympiacos made their season debut in front of their fans at the [...]



July 31st, 2008

Champions League 3rd Round Draw Tomorrow

By: Peter Katsiris | Comments 1 Comment

The fate of our European season will take step into clarity tomorrow morning (6am Eastern) when UEFA conducts the draw for the 3rd Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League. It’s the first time since the 1998/1999 edition of the Champions League that Olympiacos has to qualify for the most prestigious European club competition. That [...]

July 29th, 2008

All the chips for Diogo

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Breaking news from Greece reports that Olympiacos has made another offer for Portuguesa’s Diogo Luis Santo (aka Diogo). The offer is said to be around 11 million euros; a previous offer of 7 million euros was rejected earlier in the week. A recent rebuttle of Olympiacos officials has produced a filing of a more attractive [...]

July 29th, 2008

Basinas Tracker: 180 degrees

By: Peter Katsiris | Comments No Comments

Less than 24 hours after the breakout of rumors linking Angelos Basinas to Olympiacos, the rumors have now turned 180 degrees after a meeting between club officials and representatives of the Greek international.
Yesterday’s speculation broke out mayhem amongst the club’s supporters, but all is calm now after Olympiacos rejected the contractual conditions proposed by Basinas’ [...]

July 28th, 2008

Olympiacos looking to swoop for Basinas

By: Peter Katsiris | Comments No Comments

This is no joke. Olympiacos is very much interested in RCD Mallorca’s Angelos Basinas, and are prepared to offer the Greek international a two year contract in the coming 48 hours. Originally rumored to be headed to AEK Athens FC, after it was clear Basinas was looking for a move out of Mallorca.
Basinas started out [...]



July 28th, 2008

Castillo set for comeback?

By: Peter Katsiris | Comments 8 Comments

Former Olympiacos star, Neri Alberto Castillo, says he wants to return to Greece if he is wanted. After leaving the Greek Champions before the start of last season to join Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar Donetsk, the Mexican international has failed to continue the success he had in Greece. In a recent interview with Greek radio station [...]

July 28th, 2008

Sebastián Leto in on loan

By: Peter Katsiris | Comments 2 Comments

Liverpool FC has let Argentinian left winger Sebastián Leto join Olympiacos on a loan deal. The 21-year old is highly regarded by Reds manager Rafa Benitez, and it seems that is why the deal is limited to a loan period. Or, it could be that the club was searching for a temporary move that could [...]

July 27th, 2008

Win and Loss in Holland

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Olympiacos wrapped up its friendly tour of Holland with a win and a loss in its final two games. It was the second of three stops on Olympiacos’ friendly tour. Previously the side trained in Austria, where the Greek champions had mixed fortunes. After the 0-0 draw against FC Emmen, Olympiacos took to the pitch [...]

July 22nd, 2008

Rovers Interested in ‘El Toro’

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Barclays Premier League club Blackburn Rovers, has expressed serious interest in Olympiacos defender Vassilis Torosidis, and have offered the Greek Champions an offer rumored to total 6 million euros. Several English newspapers have reported that the Blackburn management are keen to land the 23-year old Greek international.
An offer of 4.5 million euros for Torosidis was [...]

July 21st, 2008

Home kits left in the dark…

By: Peter Katsiris | Comments No Comments

Olympiacos officials were supposed to hold a press conference yesterday afternoon, according to an announcement made earlier in the week. To the surprise of Olympiacos fans, there was no big reveal of the new home kit. The reason: unknown. Olympiacos has not made an announcement as to why the jerseys weren’t revealed or when they [...]






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