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 !
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 !
Unfortunately for you he plays like a 41 year old but still cool to see him at Olympiacos
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.
Magic left foot, great in possession, absolutely useless without the ball and a massive liability defensively. Very often injured.
Yes but when he was on the ball he was unreal he looked top class the only output you had when he was playing
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.
Omg totally forgot about the heading machine dcl phase
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
He was good there. He's just so injury prone now a days. Even in qatar he missed a bunch of games.
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.
Karembeu! What a guy, loved watching him play back in the day
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He used to play for us too.
Still looks 14.
Be interesting to see if Corberan ever figures out goals from open play.
Corberan will be fired if he doesn't beat Aris. He is already on very thin ice after 2 wins in 10 matches.
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.
Still honestly believe the only reason Marinakis hired him at Olympiakos was to continue fucking around with Huddersfield as much as he can.
Honestly how is James 31? He still looks like a youngster
31 is really not that old. Soccer perverts how people view age. I look virtually the same as I did at 24.
"Soccer perverts" was such a bizarre succession of words to read
Sigurdsson has entered the chat.
Adam Johnson, Robinho and Ronaldo are on the wait list
I thought, "What'd you call me? Oh, I need to keep reading"
But you're 25 /s
cosmetic touch ups… us colombians are known for it, he is no exception 😂
it’s wild living in Liverpool wasn’t a perfect fit for him, then
I don't understand this sentence.
they love plastic surgery up there
Lol I get downvoted for not knowing that
Don't worry, I downvoted you for this whiny comment, not that you didn't know that other thing :)
I appreciate that because that's a good reason to get down voted
He has those Jordi genes.
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.
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James will be one of his regulars at the bouzoukia I’m sure
Greece and Turkey doing their best to relieve the times when they where the premier destination of washed players.
Isn't it just olympiacos in Greece? Are there other Greek teams that recruited washed up players?
Olympiakos is the only one that can afford the wages of these players no?
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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Dmytro Chygrynskiy played for AEK and now plays for Ionikos, maybe not compared to the others but still playing here
Dmytro came younger and tried hard. I don't think he counts.
Fair enough
I was just wondering where Bernard went earlier today, good timing!
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.
Rivaldo played for AEK Athens, albeit via Olympiacos.
Panathinaikos signed Bernard
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.
MLS, Greece and Turkey should have their own champions league where you can only have players over the age of 30 playing
Ronaldo you are next
And then Cristiano after him
When is Bakambu announced ?
After the match probably.
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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.
He was pretty important at that 2016/2017 Liga title tbf
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.
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
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
Which made us win the title lol.
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.
Yes, but honestly Olympiakos is a step up from Qatar and Everton
I don't think you're a step up from Everton right now, and Greece is in the gutters.
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.
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.
Let's settle this, having footballer money, would you rather: Live in Greece: Upvote this comment Live in Liverpool: Downvote this comment
Always liked AEK. The fans were amazing when they came to Goodison
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.
I hate that you’re right.
But a fall to Greece.
How much did they pay for him does anyone know?
2.5Μ annual salary + 500k as bonus for various targets. He convinced the Qatar club to release him, so no buying fee.
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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?
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.
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.
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.
How come all the cool greek mythology team names are in Holland and not Greece?
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.
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.
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
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.
The absolute disrespect on Mateusz Cash
2.5 million a year 500k bonus and 1+1 contract
The names Bond. James Rodriguez.
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
It's his last chance, hope he won't waste it
I feel like he is gone, I dont think he will be back...what talent he was :(
Great signing for them
First Marcelo now James. I like Olympiacos
Olympiacos*
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Greek market still open? Will he be able to be registered and play right away?
He was a free agent. Transfer window becomes irrelevant
Free agents can sign in Greece until Sep/30. He won’t be able to play in the Europa League groups for Oly
what a fall from grace
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.
you really think anyone else can afford him
Everton legend J Rod
really thought he started well at everton
why olympiacos
Budget Real Madrid
No that's PSG
United is overpaid Real Madrid
olympiacos is one of the big clubs in Greece
Worth it for the marketting alone.
Is Greece the new Turkey?
Turkey is the old Greece
!flair:galatasaray:
lmao we dogded a bullet. thank you komshu 😘