BOLOGNA – Bologna has chosen Fotis Ioannidis24 years, Panathinaikos striker and the Greek national team. Giovanni Sartori and Marco Di Vaio found theagreement with the player, after last Thursday Andres Niniadis, Ioannidis’ prosecutor, had spent the whole day in Casteldebole, carrying out the work a lot. For this striker, born in Athens and raised in APO Levadiakos, who in the last year scored 15 goals in the league, 2 in the Champions League, 5 in the Europa League and 1 in the Cup, Bologna has prepared a four-year program with an option for a fifth year. But now be careful, because if on the one hand with Ioannidis the rossoblù bosses have already found the squaring of the circle in terms of both the salary and the duration of the contract, on the other they have only started a few days ago a negotiation that appears long and complicatedwhy the Panathinaikos he is demanding 25 million euros for his striker and does not want to listen to reason, ending up turning his back on all those clubs that offer him lower figures. The latest example is represented by Ipswich Town, promoted to the Premier League, who had reached 22 points in the previous weekend.
Ioannidis beats competition from Pavlidis
Of course, imagine if for the moment Bologna can claim victory knowing full well how much it will be inconvenient to deal with the Greek club and with its president Giannis Alafouzos, shipowner and businessman, but it is useless to hide how Sartori and the sporting director Di Vaio feel stronger having the blessing of the footballer on their side, and also of his parents, all happy to be able to disembark as soon as possible in Italy. Yes why the Ioannidis family prefers our championship to the Premier, and this is a detail of no small importance. In short, the rossoblù government itself currently has no idea how long the negotiation could last, but it is certainly determined to close it positively, perhaps lowering the fixed figure by 1/2 million and adding some bonuses. It must be said that Ioannidis has won the Greek derby with Vaggelis Pavlidis, at least for the momentalthough the Az Alkmaar striker has more goals against him, but beyond that all those who went to Athens to see him directly in action, yes, were impressed by his physical strength, his good technical qualities and also how he knows how to be participatory and work for the team.
Bologna, the other tracks for the attack
Now, it is true that when you have the agreement with the player on your side and you know that his current club is willing to give him despite him asking for a lot of money you can feel more or less halfway there, but knowing the methods of Sartori’s work it is easy to imagine that at least for the moment he has not given up the other streets already started for a couple of months. And this is not because I fear bad surprises regarding Ioannidis, no, that’s not the case, but only because of his infinite experience. Moral: Bologna has not completely abandoned the solutions related to Pavlidis (Az and Benfica have already reached an agreement but for now the Greek attacker’s yes is missing), a Jorgen Strand Larsenborn in 2000, Norwegian from Celta Vigo, already treated two summers ago, and the German striker from Mainz Jonathan Burkardt23 years.
