Let it be said: the transfer of Wesley fofana towards Leicester city was not at all foreseen in the plans of Claude Puel, but the leaders of the ASSE reacted perfectly to this Mercato by finalizing the arrival of Panagiotis Retsos from Bayer Leverkusen, in the form of a loan with a purchase option set at € 6M!
Excellent during the 2016/2017 season with the Olympiacos Piraeus when he was only 18 years old, the native of Johannesburg in South Africa had his first selection with the Greece national A team at the end of August 2017 and was then considered one of the most central defenders. most promising in the world of his generation.
Targeted by major European clubs, it is ultimately the Bayer Leverkusen who won the stake and who then did not hesitate to break the bank to pay the 17M € claimed by the leaders of the Olympiacos.
If his adventure in Bundesliga did not necessarily smile at him, and his “passage” to Sheffield united in Premier League even less, the Greens of St Etienne have indeed got their hands on a promising central defender, and no doubt that under the orders of Claude Puel recognized for knowing how to advance young players, the now captain of theGreece Under-21 team should quickly be talked about in the jersey of the ASSE in League 1 !
And when we know that the young Greek international (5 caps) has a purchase option set at € 6M, which is three times less than the price the Bayer Leverkusen during the Mercato in 2017, we say to ourselves that Retsos could well become a very good deal on the side of the AS Saint-Etienne ! Case to follow in the Drill…
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