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The transfer aspirations of Olympiakos in view of January, the player who will be supported by the “red and white” organization and the one who is not convinced. Dimitris Christofidelis analyzes everything in “Show Must Go On” and Pantelis Diamantopoulos.
The winter transfer window in Greece opens in just under a month and a half, with Olympiakos keen to add two ticks to their plans ahead of a demanding run in the Stoiximan Super League, the Betsson Greek Cup and the Europa League.
The first concerns the strengthening of the roster. For now, it seems certain that the “red and white” will move for two transfers.
The sure additions in January
One is in the left back positionwith a player who at best will compete with Francisco Ortega for the starting position and at worst will be a reliable solution defensively and offensively, so that he can rest the Argentine in lower dynamic matches.
Essentially, Piraeus a smart solution, as Costinia developed, so that to stop the Portuguese leaves his position and is selected in matches on the left wing of the defense.
Also, Jose Luis Mendiliber looks to have Apostolos Apostolopoulos back in the hierarchy for the time being, while not counting Lorenzo Pirola for the left side of the defense, since the Italian lags significantly in his actions in the opposing half.
The second given addition is in extremes. The Basque coach has not gotten what he wants from Christopher Velde, with the Norwegian having problems in the tactical part, not “getting lost” in his defensive duties, while he is not getting the numbers he wants for a player for whom Olympiacos in the summer he spent around 4,000,000 euros to acquire him.
In addition, Giorgos Masouras is not the same as in previous years, despite the happy ending given to the series of his renewal with the Piraeus club.
In practice, Madrid currently have a winger who performs as expected, Gelson Martins, which has forced them to use Rodney as a right winger on many occasions.
+2 and what it depends on
But, the “red and white” radars are open for two more positions. One is at “8”entering the market for a player who will be the back up of Ciquinho after the injury of Youssef Yazizi and the low “flights” of Sergio Oliveira.
The second is a little more complicated, since it is played between the center of the defense and the top of the attack. In the stoppers, ideally, “Medy” would like a right-footed player, who will give Olympiakos’ captain, Panagiotis Retsos, a breather, since Julian Biancon is not in the preferences of the Spanish technician.
If there is a proposal for the Frenchman, as happened during his presence in Piraeus, with teams from his country and Italy, then the transfer to the center of the defense will be opened and will proceed.
In fact, on Monday (11/18) a report was published in Brazil that speaks of Olympiakos’ interest in Nathan Silva.
He is a 27-year-old Brazilian central defender, who has the ability to play as a defensive midfielder, and whose name played strongly in August 2023, when Olympiacos held talks with the Mexican team to get him in a package with Nicolas Freire.
In said publication it is stated that Silva’s case is not excluded to be related to Edu, who if he will take over officially his duties in May 2025, he already has an important role in decisions.
Finally, the second “yes but” in Limani concerns the position of the striker, where Roman Yaremchuk has disappointed, scoring just one goal, while he has been negative many times when he has taken the starting jersey.
The Ukrainian international is among the highest paid footballers at Olympiakos, while he was only acquired by Club Brugge in the summer of 2024, with the “red and whites” spending around 2,000,000 to acquire his rights.
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