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On Tuesday (12/8) morning it became known that Youssef El Arabi signed a new contract with Olympiakos until 2022.
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DIFFICULT NEGOTIATIONS
The agreement between all parties had been closed long before, of course. The new contract had been submitted for a month and therefore the discussions had started much earlier. Discussions that were not easy. Otherwise.
They were hard and painful. The deal with the Moroccan top scorer, which was “entrusted” by the Qatari teams shortly before the end of the transfer period, was not easy. Millions of rugs were placed on his feet, but he stayed. You’ll find out which of these teams were down, as well as additional reasons that the 33-year-old forward preferred to stay in port with 36 goals in 65 appearances, from that night of July 30, 2019 with Plzen to the hat trick with Volos on last Saturday (12/5).
THIS IS THE NEW CONTRACT
The first contract Arabi signed with Olympiakos in the summer of 2019 was for two years, while there was also the option to renew for another. The new agreement includes two additional years. Your information SPORT24 they report that the new Moroccan contract is not very different from the first.
That is, given that with the first they received 2 million euros net + bonus, the new one is almost the same with a small increase. For the deal to be possible, the footballer’s coach, José Anigo and François Modesto, who may officially have a position in Nottingham Forest, but is constantly in Greece, close to Olympiakos, had to come to Greece.
THE WORD OF THE WIFE
Arabi had a serious reason to stay at Olympiakos. His family is having a great time in our country. After more than a year he has adapted, having lived a different way of life in Qatar for several years. His wife’s wish was to stay in Greece. He didn’t want his family to leave and start over.
This “wanting” played a decisive role for her, although she knew very well that money elsewhere would be – much – more. Deep down, the Olympiacos forward himself wanted this. Stay. He relates well to Valbouena, Dreger and Hassan. They also speak the same language (French, Arabic). They have “tied”.
“DOOR” AT THE XAVI
But let’s see who were the teams that fought to acquire it until the last days of October, when the deadline for transfers to Qatar expired. One was the team that took Guillermo from Olympiakos. Al Sadd, coached by Spanish Barcelona legend Xavi.
By the way, he is first in the standings after eight games. The other team interested in acquiring the “Arab” was Al Rayyan (fourth in the league). Both offered the Moroccan an annual salary of 4 million euros. In other words, what he gets from Olympiakos in two years, he could get in one if he returns to Qatar, where he played from 2016 to 2019, representing Al Duhail (78 games, 90 goals).
TOP AND MOST EXPENSIVE
SPORT24 presented Opta statistics in detail to him because Arabi has nothing to do with the other forwards in the Interwetten Super League. The supreme king of goals and threat. Besides being one of the best players in the Greek championship, he is clearly the highest paid.
There is no other footballer who is paid annually with more than 2 million euros. A striker who has scored crucial goals in Greece and Europe, a mainstay of the “rojiblanca” list, who has made three hat tricks in 2020 and 12 in total in a career with 214 goals in 380 games.
Arabi became the next in the long list of renovations carried out by Olympiacos from October to the present. The “good ten”, given that another nine preceded it. As in other cases (Valbouena, Sa etc.), the “rojiblanco” PAE rushed to reward a footballer like the one we had years to see in Greek stadiums.
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