Papastathopoulos Fener: the Greek defender on the list of the Turks | News

It seems that Fenerbahce wants to make Socrates Papastathopoulos his own. According to a report by “Fanatik”, the Turkish national team is eager to acquire the Greek defender, whom he awaits in the corner with a view to leaving Arsenal in January.

In fact, according to the same report, the president, Ali Koch, has already met with him in London, to personally convey the interest of the club.

However, Fener needs to get stronger on defense and the Gunners’ plug could help her. After all, he’s been out of Arsenal’s plans for a long time, so why not move to a place that has a role and a time of involvement? It should be noted that if the Turks meet the English for the amount of release from the experienced stopper and of course he says “yes” then in Istanbul he will meet Dimitris Pelkas who also plays in the team.

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Socrates Papastathopoulos began his football career in the Aianta Kalamata team and then in the Apollon Petalidi team, from where in 2005 he was acquired by AEK. In January 2006 he played on loan at Niki Volou to return to AEK after 6 months. On August 1, 2008, it was transferred for 3.8 million euros to Genoa, Italy, from where it was acquired by AC Milan in July 2010 for 4.5 million euros and the transfer of three players from their academies as yielded. .

AEK received some 700,000 euros (15% of the amount that the player cost in Milan) from Genoa for the participation rights, as the two teams had agreed in the negotiations of the player’s first transfer. He failed to establish himself in the “Rossoneri”, so he returned to Genoa the following year, in exchange for the transfer of Kevin Prince Boateng. However, he did not remain in his previous team and in the one known by Genoa, as he was later loaned to German Werder Bremen, from whom he was acquired with a regular transfer the following year, after his very good performances at the Bremen club.

From the summer of 2013 until 2018, he played for Borussia Dortmund, which acquired him for 9.9 million euros and was then the second most expensive signing of a Greek footballer of all time, after Giourkas Seitaridis to Dinamo Moscow. in 2005. In January 2017, he became the top defender in the Bundesliga during the first half of the 2016-17 season. On July 2, 2018, his transfer to Arsenal was announced with a three-year contract.

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