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Marca reports Atletico interest in Olympiacos bench boss
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According to Spanish sports newspaper Marca, Atletico Madrid is interested in the services of Olympiacos manager Ernesto Valverde. While the capital club currently employs Mexican manager Javier Aguirre, Atletico is keen to secure the services of Olympiacos’ Spanish tactician in the offseason.
Arriving in the port city of Piraeus this past summer, Valverde started his career [...]
Tags: 2008/2009 Season, Atletico Madrid, Ernesto Valverde, Greece, Greek Super League, Olympiacos, Olympiacos Team News, Spain, TransfersDerbyshire set for Olympiacos Odyssey
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Matt Derbyshire was unveiled as the newest member of Olympiacos on Thursday, as the U-21 England international swapped Blackburn Rovers for the Greek Champions on a six-month loan. Presented to the Greek media at a press conference soon after completing both a physical and penning a six-month deal, Derbyshire spoke with the media for the [...]
Category: 2008/2009 Season, Greece, Greek Super League, Olympiacos Team News, Player News, TransfersDerbyshire arrives in Athens, excited about Olympiacos move
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Matt Derbyshire arrived at the Eleftheros Venizelos Airport in Athens during the early hours of Thursday morning, and like a usual reception for Greek transfers, was greeted by supporters of Olympiacos and several reporters.
Joining the Greek Champions on a six-month loan, Derbyshire explained his move to join Olympiacos was part of a big step in [...]
Olympiacos sends Sisic and Matsoukas packing
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Olympiacos terminated the contract of two players on Wednesday, as Mirnes Sisic and Lefteris Matsoukas were released by the club after disappointing spells.
Sisic, who joined the club during last year’s winter transfer window, was told earlier in the month to search for a club, as it was clear his time in Piraeus was nearing its [...]
Category: Olympiacos Team NewsDerbyshire deal all but signed, says Olympiacos spokesman
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The eleventh hour in the winter transfer window has finally produced an import for Olympiacos, as the Greek Champions are set to sign Matt Derbyshire on a six-month loan from Blackburn Rovers on Thursday.
The carousel of possible transfers continued to spin up to and including yesterday, as the Greek press reported Olympiacos had an interest [...]
Tags: 2008/2009 Season, Blackburn Rovers, England, Greece, Greek Super League, Matt Derbyshire, Olympiacos, Olympiacos Team News, TransfersHannover hung up on Zewlakow
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Germany’s Hannover 96 is the latest outfit to be interested in the services of Olympiacos defender Michal Zewlakow. The Poland international was originally linked with a move to Scotland with Celtic FC, but reports from Germany have linked the 32-year-old with a move to the AWD-Arena.
The Polish defender has not enjoyed much first team action [...]
Category: 2008/2009 Season, Europe, Greece, Greek Super League, Olympiacos Team News, Player News, TransfersGalletti chips Olympiacos past OFI
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Olympiacos needed the lethal touch of Luciano Galletti in order to collect maximum points against OFI Crete on Saturday at the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus. Diogo put the Greek Champions ahead after just seven minutes, but OFI managed to crawl back with an equalizer from Aleksandar Simic just after the hour mark. The level [...]
Olympiacos hosts OFI in the second half of a double date
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After booking a spot in the quarterfinals of the Greek Cup with a 2-0 win over OFI on Wednesday, Olympiacos returns home to the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium for a repeat of the midweek encounter with the match holding high stakes in the Super League on Saturday.
Wednesday’s performance in Crete was a frustrating one for manager [...]
Leto nears contract extension with Olympiacos
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According to reports from Greece, Olympiacos and Sebastian Leto are close to agreeing to a one-year contract extension which would see the Argentine remain a member of ‘O Thrylos’ through the 2009/2010 season.
Olympiacos general manager Giannis Chrysikopoulos met with the agent of Sebastian Leto, Fernando Cosentino on Thursday to discuss the possibility of keeping Leto [...]
Category: 2008/2009 Season, Europe, Greece, Greek Super League, Olympiacos Team News, Player News, TransfersMore revealed about Bristol City’s embarrassing bid for Patsatzoglou
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More information has surfaced about a mysterious English bid for Olympiacos’ Christos Patsatzoglou, as Sky Sports has confirmed the bid to attain the rights of Olympiacos’ Greece international has in fact come from Coca-Cola Championship side Bristol City.
According to the British news outlet, Bristol City submitted an embarrassing offer of €400,000, as the English side [...]
Category: 2008/2009 Season, Greece, Greek Super League, Olympiacos Team News, Player News, Transfers Tags: 2008/2009 Season, Bristol City, Christos Patsatzoglou, England, Greece, Greek Super League, Olympiacos Team News, Player News, Transfers
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