Kyriakos: “The roster is not ready yet – It will be competitive at the end of the transfers”

THE PAOK after the big qualification against Hajduk he plays his first match in Stoiximan Super Leaguesince it hosts him Astera Tripoli (20/8, 20:00).

Ahead of the match, the Head of Strategic Development and Communication of the PAE of the “double-header of the north”, Kyriakos Kyriakosspoke to the NOVA camera about his prospects this year PAOK and the rest of the Greek teams in Europe, while he also commented on the transfers, pointing out that moves will be made that will make the team’s roster competitive.

What he said in detail:

For the qualification against Hajduk and the start of the league: “Qualification is very important, the teams are not ready at this time. No excitement yet, work not done yet. We have one more opponent to get into the groups. The crowd showed us their support on Thursday and it was a reason we overcame a lot of problems during the match against Hajduk.

The PAOK audience is a bit more difficult and the exams are always more difficult. But that’s how things are in football, we give exams in every game. They are hard games and consecutive. Today with Asteras with several shortcomings against a team that always makes it difficult for us. We want to exhaust our strength and our potential to qualify for the groups, but also 2/2 in the league.”

For the episodes: “Incidents under the guise of groups are a miserable, creepy phenomenon. Equally miserable is how we as a society deal with such events. Our goal should be for football to be a product that can be watched by fans of both teams, who will be able to move comfortably throughout Greece”.

For the progress of the Greek teams in the summer qualifiers: “What we see in Europe this year from the Greek teams is a result of last year’s competitive championship. It is the reason that the teams entered the qualifiers more prepared, that they are all looking to find solutions and to strengthen themselves even more”.

For transfers: “The plan I spoke about at the beginning of June was for a quality upgrade and with the fewest possible changes to the roster. The transfers are not over and I think that those who have come are upgrading our roster. We don’t hide behind our finger. We are not ready yet on the roster side. And players we didn’t want to leave, left and players we want to bring, haven’t come. But I believe that at the end of the transfers we will have a competitive roster. Suggestions for our players are constantly coming in. Sometimes the market tells us to wait, other times we have to react differently.”