Clarer is in the sights of Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos wants to immediately sign a stopper and as he reported to News Bulletin 247 Tasos Nikologiannis Ivan Jovanovic has singled out Christoph Klarer.

THE 23-year-old Austrian central defender the shamrock coach likes him and… he plays hard, but not yet an advanced player.

He has a height of 1.91, is right-footed and is considered one of Austria’s most up-and-coming players. THE Clarer he was one of the protagonists of Fortuna in the attempt, which he made this year to climb to the Bundesliga, with the German team – eventually – finishing in fourth place. In addition to being tall and strong, he is also good with the ball at his feet, something the Panathinaikos coach wants from the stopper who will arrive immediately. The 23-year-old is a product of the scouting department of Panathinaikos, while he is international with all the small teams in Austria and aims to play in the Men’s.

Clarer’s bio:

The tall central defender took his first steps in its academies Rapid Vienna, impressing the leaders of the club with his progress. Then the Southampton expressed her interest in the Austrian in 2016 by making her own initially for the youth team, where she recorded a total 41 entries finding nets twice.

After two seasons, he was promoted to the second team of the “Saints” where in 35 games he had the same number of goals as well as three assists. In January 2020, amidst the pandemic, St. Polten of Austria acquired him on loan, with Klarer making 14 appearances in which he scored once.

His return to England was marked by his immediate sale to Fortuna Dusseldorfwith the German club spending 400 thousand euros to acquire him.

Since then, the 23-year-old stopper has developed rapidly, having 17 entries his first season with Fortuna, while in the last two years he made 66 more appearances where he scored five times.

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