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Lamin Silas and Taige Youssef are training with the first team of Olympiakos under the instructions of Jose Luis Mendiliber. How they were acquired by Piraeus PAE and what they have done so far with the red and white team K19.
Lamin Silas and Taige Yusuf have been training for the last twenty-four hours with the first team of Olympiakos under the instructions of Jose Luis Mendiliber. They are not the only ones, as the Spanish coach invited from the U19 team, both Vassilis Prekate and Konstantinos Tanoulis and Nikos Lolis.
As far as the two African strikers are concerned, the Basque coach found the opportunity to check them, on the one hand because he had it in his mind for the last few weeks to do so and on the other hand because the absences of the international footballers opened the way for him (El Kaabi, Yaremchuk, Masouras, Papakanellos) while Kostoulas had some discomfort from the match against PAOK.
In any case, what is interesting is that Medilibar has formed a very positive opinion about Silas and Yussuf, he likes what he has seen in the training sessions and also in the Olympiakos U19 matches and may give them a chance in the near future.
Who is Silas?
Lamine Silas was born on June 6, 2006, plays as a center forward and can also play on the flanks of the attack and has four goals and one assist in just five games with the Olympiakos U19 team. The international footballer with the Hopes of Gambia team (he has five appearances and two goals) scored on his debut with the red and whites, giving a 2-1 victory in the away derby with Panathinaikos, while he scored two goals against Levadeaikos (5- 0) and the only goal against Asteras Tripoli (1-0). And he had the assist on Liatsikoura’s goal, in the Piraeus team’s 2-1 win against Panserraikos.
The African striker is a key player in Romain Pitou’s plans, even though he has only been at Renti for a month and a half, having been acquired at the end of September by signing a four-year contract and made his debut at the beginning of October. The 18-year-old starred for Steve Biko FC’s first team in his hometown, scoring 14 goals and providing three assists last term. He is noted for his scoring fluency, speed and is good in both the low and high game.
Before coming to Greece, Silas had done some training at Nottingham Forest, while Leicester and other English teams had shown interest in signing him. However, he did not meet certain conditions regarding his work permit and the Reds swooped in – via Nottingham Forest – to sign him and bring him to Piraeus.
Who is Yusuf?
Taiye Abdulatif Youssouf was born on January 2, 2006, he plays as a winger but also plays as a center forward, he is right-footed and with the Olympiakos U19 team he has three goals and five assists in just 10 appearances in the league and the UEFA Youth League. The Nigerian footballer had a goal and two assists in the “red and white” premiere against Lamia (4-1), he distributed two more assists against Atromitos (2-0) and Panserraikos (2-1) and scored two goals in Europe, in the 5-0 victory over Talina Kalev.
The African striker already had 40 games under his belt at professional level before coming to Greece, as at 16 he was a starter for his hometown team Crown FC and between 17 and 18 he played in 33 first division games for the club Combe United.
Jose Anigo and the coaches of Olympiakos checked him last summer in Rentis, they liked him, Piraeus PAE kept him by making him a 4-year contract and now Yussuf has developed into an important player of the Youth team. The red and whites acquired him from the Unicorns Football academy, whose CEO is Victor Avonigi, younger brother of Taivo Avonigi, who plays for Nottingham Forest.
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