Panathinaikos “shields” the defense with Getvai!

He found and brings his chosen one for the center of the defense Panathinaikos. The “greens” agreed with Lokomotiv Moscow for his acquisition Tim Gedwaywith the Croatian stopper arriving at noon in Athens to be immediately available to Ivan Jovanovic.

The 27-year-old ace, with the rich resumewill be acquired on loan for one year from the Russian team and along the way a possible longer term agreement will be discussed. He himself wanted to leave the country due to the embargo on Russian teams for participation in Europe and Panathinaikos offers him this prospect.

Up until now he has regularly participated in the preparation of Lokomotiv Moscow, so he will arrive at a good level of fitness. The player lands in Athens at noon (14:45) with a flight from Munich and will probably be at the Avenue tonight for the friendly with Hapoel Be’er Sheva.

Jedvaj, born on November 28, 1995 in Zagreb, is 1.85m tall. and he is right-footed. He has worn the shirt of Croatia 26 times and has two goals (both in the 3-2 Nations League win over Spain on 16 November 2018), while he was part of her squad at both Euro 2016 and World Cup 2018, when the Croatian reached the final. In the Euro 2020 qualifiers, he was used as a right-back in place of the injured Sime Vrsalikos, but was not selected for the finals of the tournament.

The new acquisition of Panathinaikos has started his career from Dinamo Zagreb (13 appearances, 1 goal) and then went through Roma (2 appearances in the first team), Leverkusen (109 appearances, 5 goals, 4 assists), Augsburg (31 appearances, 2 goals), Lokomotiv Moscow (41 appearances, 2 goals) and Al Ain (18 appearances, 1 goal). He made very expensive transfers, an example of his quality, as Roma bought him in 2013 for 5 million euros from Dinamo Zagreb, sold him in 2015 to Leverkusen for 7 million euros, while in 2021 the German team gave him to Lokomotiv for 4 million euros Moscow. In the last semester, he played on loan at Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates, making 18 appearances, 1 goal and 1 assist.