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As you read the last days in Sport24.grThe rojiblancos entered Pepe’s claim when the demands of his team were 5.5 – 6 million euros, while Benfica also had rights over him. With good handling and similar maneuvers where necessary, the ‘rojiblancos’ closed the number 1 candidate for the successor of Guillerme, according to the ‘want’ of the technician, with a fairly high number, but also below the initial demands of Guimaraes.
According to well-informed sources, Pepe’s team will deposit 3.7 million euros in their coffers as fixed compensation and another 300,000 euros, depending on the achievement of the objectives of the next season. To this money is added a small amount (around 500,000) that Benfica will receive, which is clear that due to the good relations with Olympiacos at the administrative level and a new transfer cooperation possible in the future, O screen made it to complete the deal.
Pepe, who is Semedo and Kafou’s “partner” (represented by Ulysses Santos’ office), will sign a 4-year contract with his salary rising and approaching one million per season, with the first year filling his pocket with around 700,000. With two conversations, the Olympiakos management pushed everything they will receive from the transfer of Guillermo to Al Sadd and something else, to bring the new Guillermo, as his coach wanted. With the difference that the new acquisition of the champion is six years younger than the Brazilian who is 29 years old and will enter a hectic program to catch the Cup final, but also the Champions League playoffs.
WHY PEPE – WHAT HE HAS / WHAT HE DON’T HAVE
The next question that worries many people and that must be answered, since it is the juice of the transfer is “why” Pepe and not another person. The answer is clear to those who know the case from within. This is a very high quality midfielder, very ballet. Very intelligent footballer, with a remarkable boy (1.82), capable of doing everything with the ball at his feet. Change direction and pace to pass correctly, get rid of the pressure quickly, “open” the game.
What is not in the repertoire? He is not famous for the dynamism of his game. He is not aggressive, as the coaches say. It is more delicate than tsaboukas. It weighs, after all, only 71 kilos. Light, airy midfield, which is very pleasant to the eye and to the fan, but also to the technician who knows how to use it. That is why Pedro Martins sees it more in “8” and less in “6”. Bouhalakis, Kamara and Kafou, after all, are aggressive enough to get the job done in the role of defensive midfielders.
TIAGO SILVA IS READY
Good ball contact and overall quality have put him high on the list of Olympiakos and Thiago Silva of Nottingham, as read here for the first time since 18 August. In the days that followed from then until now the report was confirmed but the 27-year-old midfielder did not arrive (yet) and there is a response. Pedro Martins wanted to immediately fill Guillerme’s gap at 6-8 and the administration took care of putting him in his measurements and finishing the job with Pepe. Thiago plays mainly in the 8-10 positions, in conditions and on the left (as a midfielder, not as a winger). If there is not a big surprise, he will soon follow the same path as Pepe, since this is a case in which the “rojiblancos” have total control and only wait for the right moment and the final “green light” of the coach, to activate also this route. …
THE BACKGROUND WITH GARRY RODRIGES
For the attacking extremes, by far the first target is the – old acquaintance – Gary Rodriguez, for whom counts beyond any of his qualifications and the fact that he won’t need a long period of adjustment. Although he has not worn his jersey so far, he knows both Greece and Olympiakos well. It doesn’t matter so much how it will come about, whether it will be with a regular transfer or with an annual loan and a purchase option. It is worth mentioning that the one born in Rotterdam, from Cape Verde, an extremist, was proposed to the “rojiblancos” before going to PAOK, but the technical direction at that time (another Portuguese, Marco Silva) had other priorities.
Now, Martins loves him very much. Of course, the cost will have skyrocketed compared to the summer of 2015 when it moved, relatively insignificantly, from Spanish Elche to PAOK to be followed by Galata, Al Ittihad and Fener, before turning to Piraeus …
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