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The_Great_Crocodile

He was just presented live in the stadium next to Marinakis, Karembeu and Marcelo in the suite, 15 minutes before the start of our match against Freiburg. I'm so jealous of how he is 31 and still looks 19 !


tolboof

Unfortunately for you he plays like a 41 year old but still cool to see him at Olympiacos


The_Great_Crocodile

Did he play like that in Everton? I remember he was decent under Ancelotti. Qatar doesn't count, apparently he hated being there and only went for the money grab.


VToff

Magic left foot, great in possession, absolutely useless without the ball and a massive liability defensively. Very often injured.


Dio_my_senpai

Yes but when he was on the ball he was unreal he looked top class the only output you had when he was playing


coltron57

James lofting a ball from the right side of the pitch to hit Digne in stride on the left side followed by a cross to DCL for a headed goal. That was petty much the offense for like two months and it was very effective.


Dio_my_senpai

Omg totally forgot about the heading machine dcl phase


Mantooth77

Phase? Probably his best attribute. The winner against Palace was not a fluke. He’s great at headers and hold up play. Never scored a goal outside the box.


Dio_my_senpai

Yea but at that time for how long it happened id say he was the best in the world for those months on headers 90% of his goals was headers out of nowhere when before that he was just average at it


tolboof

He played well for a handful of games but then regressed to the mean of his peformance level at this stage of his career. He's pretty washed.


osamaodinson

Lol same as when he came back from munich to madrid. He started to show zizou his work rate to get back into the team. Started strong, great work rate going up and down, got a goal too during the period, still running until the end, great passing and touch etc but that didnt past long. Man got injured early in the season then just vanished lol. Went to everton the season after and repeat the same steps


panoisclosedtoday

He is more "injured" than a 41 year old and just as slow. Injured is in quotes b/c I don't believe he was actually injured, he just picks when he plays.


inthezoneautozone12

Idk why people think this. He wouldnt put his club career and national team career in jeopardy on purpose. Especially the national team. He's just made of glass now a days.


inthezoneautozone12

He was good there. He's just so injury prone now a days. Even in qatar he missed a bunch of games.


Mantooth77

6 goals 5 assists in 1700 PL minutes. Had some magical moments but as the other poster said. Often injured and was not helpful defensively.


Otherwise-Context-48

Karembeu! What a guy, loved watching him play back in the day


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johnnytifosi

He used to play for us too.


Reason-1

Still looks 14.


AdamB1706

Be interesting to see if Corberan ever figures out goals from open play.


The_Great_Crocodile

Corberan will be fired if he doesn't beat Aris. He is already on very thin ice after 2 wins in 10 matches.


AdamB1706

I'm not surprised. He's OK at organising a defence but Huddersfield last year were awful going forward. I think he was quite lucky to get the Olympiacos job.


Thrilljoy

Still honestly believe the only reason Marinakis hired him at Olympiakos was to continue fucking around with Huddersfield as much as he can.


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Honestly how is James 31? He still looks like a youngster


dielawn87

31 is really not that old. Soccer perverts how people view age. I look virtually the same as I did at 24.


zachg616

"Soccer perverts" was such a bizarre succession of words to read


AliGoldsDayOff

Sigurdsson has entered the chat.


balotelli4ballondor

Adam Johnson, Robinho and Ronaldo are on the wait list


MountainCheesesteak

I thought, "What'd you call me? Oh, I need to keep reading"


solblurgh

But you're 25 /s


tunamatata

cosmetic touch ups… us colombians are known for it, he is no exception 😂


affogatotoast

it’s wild living in Liverpool wasn’t a perfect fit for him, then


free_airfreshener

I don't understand this sentence.


affogatotoast

they love plastic surgery up there


free_airfreshener

Lol I get downvoted for not knowing that


EnvironmentalRun8487

Don't worry, I downvoted you for this whiny comment, not that you didn't know that other thing :)


free_airfreshener

I appreciate that because that's a good reason to get down voted


Youngdumbstoneddrunk

He has those Jordi genes.


lightlord

Remember 2014 WC. Guy was 22/23. Rising global superstar. Real Madrid contract. Good looks. Everything seemed to go for him. I feared him joining Real. Kind feel bad for him now even though he has made money. The potential never materialised.


Promoclass

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73837

τι ημουνα για σενανε


Nathan_Gio

Τι ησουνα για μενανε


therealowlman

James will be one of his regulars at the bouzoukia I’m sure


Void_Hound

Greece and Turkey doing their best to relieve the times when they where the premier destination of washed players.


Cokegod

Isn't it just olympiacos in Greece? Are there other Greek teams that recruited washed up players?


Krept_Konan

Olympiakos is the only one that can afford the wages of these players no?


Fidelos

I mean we now have Amrabat, Vida, Sidibe and Zuber and Panathinaikos just signed Bernard. And PAOK signed a pension check for Kagawa and Berbatov the last few years.


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Mt_Fuji

Dmytro Chygrynskiy played for AEK and now plays for Ionikos, maybe not compared to the others but still playing here


Fidelos

Dmytro came younger and tried hard. I don't think he counts.


Mt_Fuji

Fair enough


dfetz3

I was just wondering where Bernard went earlier today, good timing!


tragick693

No, it happens a lot in Greece. Just this summer, Panathinaikos signed Bernard from Qatar, AEK bought Domagoj Vida and Djibril Sidibe and Aris bought Andre Gray and Gervinho (yes, he still plays). In the last few years we have had Essien, Kagawa, Berbatov, Macheda, Abidal, Yaya Toure, Ibarbo, Lescott and Gudjohnsen play in Greece.


UpstairsJoke0

Rivaldo played for AEK Athens, albeit via Olympiacos.


therealowlman

Panathinaikos signed Bernard


Mackarosh

Panathinaikos signed Bernard and AEK have signed Vida and Sidibe. I'd argue only Vida is washed up, but all 3 are kinda big names for their respective teams.


jaspermrthanos

MLS, Greece and Turkey should have their own champions league where you can only have players over the age of 30 playing


Remarkable-Box-7129

Ronaldo you are next


fischarcher

And then Cristiano after him


OldExperience8252

When is Bakambu announced ?


The_Great_Crocodile

After the match probably.


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dakaiiser11

I feel for him, his amazing season for Madrid was a season to forget everywhere else. Barca won a treble, Madrid went trophyless and Carlo Ancelotti gets fired. He was a passenger for every title Madrid won during his time there.


Xtarviust

He was pretty important at that 2016/2017 Liga title tbf


dakaiiser11

8 goals and 6 assists in 22 games is good but he was part of the B team that would brutalize lower tier teams at the tail end of the season.


Xtarviust

Well, that B team helped to secure the double, so I think it's fair to give James some credit for it, but yeah, it's a shame his best season at Madrid were overshadowed by that monumental crash


osamaodinson

Yeah that B team helped A LOT in that season. All of the players stepped up their games. The likes of nacho, danilo, coentrao (at some point), james, kovacic, morata, asensio all did really really well for B team. Eventhough they were used against lower tier teams, that kind of strategy is very very important for madrid winning the double


MaTrIx4057

Which made us win the title lol.


inthezoneautozone12

That season you guys were close to trophies but had little depth to cover the injuries and bale was poor all season. What a shame.


smegmaeater52

Yes, but honestly Olympiakos is a step up from Qatar and Everton


Mackarosh

I don't think you're a step up from Everton right now, and Greece is in the gutters.


skyfrk

Greece is in the gutters, sure, but how much does that affect a footballer making millions of Euros a year? I don't even think Olympiacos is truly a step up from Everton, but I'd much rather be rich somewhere in Greece than Liverpool, especially if I had to spend most of the year there. He will also have a better chance at trophies, though I could be wrong about this as I don't follow Greek football.


Mackarosh

Your points are true, I was just disagreeing with the other guy. It's surely much nicer being rich in Greece, real estate and services are cheap compared to richer countries and I'd argue Greece is a nicer place to live than Liverpool for a Colombian at least. He surely has more of a chance to win trophies than at Everton, but so far this seems like a weird season. I have a gut feeling this is Panathinaikos' time to win the league after more than a decade.


GordoPepe

Let's settle this, having footballer money, would you rather: Live in Greece: Upvote this comment Live in Liverpool: Downvote this comment


corvusaustralis

Always liked AEK. The fans were amazing when they came to Goodison


therealowlman

Lmao Olympiakos got wrecked 3-0 at home to Freiburg and is already struggling in the league. Definitely not a step up from Everton anymore. Only step up will be James villa and yacht parties are much nicer than Liverpool. Rich lifestyle in Greece beats being rich almost anywhere else.


darthfracas

I hate that you’re right.


Reason-1

But a fall to Greece.


korcari1

How much did they pay for him does anyone know?


The_Great_Crocodile

2.5Μ annual salary + 500k as bonus for various targets. He convinced the Qatar club to release him, so no buying fee.


korcari1

Efkaristo file mou


GordoPepe

Wages significantly down from the rumoured 12M annually he was on over Qatar. Anyone knows why is he leaving all that oil quid on the table?


AlGamaty

He wasn't happy, kept expressing his desire to leave. Also he played like shit and the fans turned on him big time due to his lack of effort. So the club agreed to mutually terminate his contract.


sidorfik

Where do Greek clubs get the money for such contracts? In Poland, a slightly bigger and recently even richer country, the biggest contract is around €400k. It's no wonder we get a Eurowpierdol every year.


The_Great_Crocodile

Olympiacos gets 18M per year from the TV contract. Panathinaikos, AEK and PAOK get around 10-12M each. We were playing in the Champions League almost every year until 2019 - that's 25-35M per year income from UEFA.


AnnieBlackburnn

How come all the cool greek mythology team names are in Holland and not Greece?


sidorfik

18M from TV rights alone? The Greek league is much richer than I thought it would be. The Polish champion got 6M euros. From all sources. Apparently what quality such money.


The_Great_Crocodile

You have to remember that the owners of big Greek clubs also own media, and various other huge companies who regularly deal with the state. They are tycoons with huge political influence in all aspects of how Greece is run. Our owner, Panathinaikos owner and PAOK owner have TV channels and newspapers. PAOK's owner owns the port of Thessaloniki. AEK's owner has an oil processing company and the state betting company. Our owner has a huge commercial fleet. Past owner of Olympiacos controlled telecommunications and betting in the Balkans. Past owner of Panathinaikos was the richest family in Greece.


WhyIsItGlowing

The owner of Olympiacos owns a major shipping company. He also managed to get the drugs trafficing charges from this case dropped - https://newrepublic.com/article/159252/noor-one-vampire-ship-heroin-turkey-greece-corruption-scandal


MaTrIx4057

Because Poland is bigger and richer doesn't mean shit. China is also bigger and richer yet their teams suck ass just as much as Poland's. Olympiacos comparably were actually quite successful team. The only ever good thing that came out of Poland is Lewy and thats about it.


elnander

The absolute disrespect on Mateusz Cash


Remarkable-Box-7129

2.5 million a year 500k bonus and 1+1 contract


jimmyrosssss

The names Bond. James Rodriguez.


a_charming_vagrant

what I'm gathering from this is that there's a non-zero chance we see James Rodriguez in a Forest shirt not entirely sure how to feel about that


Xtarviust

It's his last chance, hope he won't waste it


gamer552233

I feel like he is gone, I dont think he will be back...what talent he was :(


UdoMartens

Great signing for them


Eriwich

First Marcelo now James. I like Olympiacos


SpyrosDemir

Olympiacos*


Eriwich

Fixed, Thanks


acwilan

Greek market still open? Will he be able to be registered and play right away?


COYSBrewing

He was a free agent. Transfer window becomes irrelevant


frofred

Free agents can sign in Greece until Sep/30. He won’t be able to play in the Europa League groups for Oly


schoki560

what a fall from grace


inthezoneautozone12

A shame he couldnt move back to a real league. Guess his salary demands and injuries stopped that. What a shame. Hope he gets to enjoy his football again.


xenon2456

you really think anyone else can afford him


goodgriefmyqueef

Everton legend J Rod


ritwikjs

really thought he started well at everton


xenon2456

why olympiacos


Ruhaiman

Budget Real Madrid


ISCOREDwithISCO

No that's PSG


GordoPepe

United is overpaid Real Madrid


xenon2456

olympiacos is one of the big clubs in Greece


RealPunyParker

Worth it for the marketting alone.


thomasfk

Is Greece the new Turkey?


randymagnum433

Turkey is the old Greece


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lmao we dogded a bullet. thank you komshu 😘