PAO Fans International Blog

Silly season has not arrived yet, but it is being planned on already. We are going to look at very likely the candidates of players that will be departing, whether by loans agreement concludes, contracts expired or players that will be moved on. Players that contracts are expiring and do not look likely to extend: Filip Djuricic (AM/LW) Giannis Kotsiras (RB) Players who's loans that are expiring and will not be signed Alban Lafont (Possibility) (Goalkeeper) Renato Sanches (CM/DM) Lucas Chaves (Goalkeeper) Javi Hernandez (LB/CB) Player's who are looking like they will be offloaded from what my best guess is Davide Calabria (RB) - Return to Italy? Adam Cerin (Midfield) - 1 year left on contract cash in Tasos Bakasetas (AM/Midfield) - Tarnished relationship with fans Karol Swiderski (Forward) - Down the pecking order in strikers Sissoko (Midfield) - 1 of the most useless signings ever in the Alafouzos era Pellistri (RW) - Seems the end product lacks, cash in when possible Tin Jedv...

The question that is plaguing the minds of all Panathinaikos fans & who deserve the credit for his transformation. Taborda is an interesting case study as a player that was relatively unknown to now a crowd favorite who is proving his critics wrong. Taborda was signed in the summer of 2025 from Boca Juniors where he rarely featured & was loaned out to Platense for two seasons where he was one of their key players for creating & bringing the ball forward from the midfield. When news broke Panathinaikos was linked to Taborda, fans rushed to google & YouTube the player, as this came out of nowhere & wanted to take a glimpse of what could be a diamond in the rough of a player. After the lengthly negotiations, agreement with Boca Juniors was easy, however with Platense became a stumbling block, Taborda became a Green. The signing was interesting as this was not one of Papadimitriou's (ex Technical Director & still unemployed as this blog is posted) but unofficial...