In Greece, they are surprised by the sums in the Leidner deal: "They hardly knew of its existence"

The transfer of Magen Hapoel Tel Aviv to Olympiakos is approaching, and in Greece there are doubts: "When an anonymous player arrives for big money, it is natural that there will be questions"

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07/26/2022

Tuesday, July 26, 2022, 06:45

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In Greece, many question marks and doubts are raised following the deal taking shape between Olympiakos and Hapoel Tel Aviv, in the end Doron Leidner is supposed to move to the luxury club for a large sum.

In Greece, they announced yesterday that the deal will cost Olympiakos about two million euros, not including bonuses, and that depending on the team's achievements in the coming season, it could increase to 2.7 million.

Although this is not a particularly high amount for a team of the size of Olympiakos, eyebrows were still raised.

In a column on the "Sportime" website published yesterday (Monday) evening, it was noted that "since the news about Leidner was spread, voices of murmuring began to be heard. Leidner has not yet achieved anything in his career, and certainly has not proven his abilities at the European level. When such an anonymous player comes for high sums Such, it's very natural that there were question marks."

will have to earn the trust of the Greeks.

Leidner (Photo: Maor Alxalsi)

In the article we noted that "Until a few days ago, no one had heard of Leidner. We barely knew of his existence. Suddenly he comes with such an amount, which is not obvious."

Beside the skepticism, in Greece they believe Leidner is a promising talent after all, and point out that "Olympiakos stole him from the hands of Sinisha Mihailovich".

As you remember, Mihailovich's Bologna was one of the teams that were interested in the 20-year-old left back.

"Olympiakos made the deal happen while being conducted in exemplary silence. This operation was kept secret," we noted.

Even in a commentary column on the "NovaSports" website, they were not convinced by the signing of Leidner, who they defined as a "less complete and less defensive version" of Olympiakos' current starting left back, the Moldovan Oleg Rivciuk.

"Rybchuk may be less accurate in passing to the box, but he wins more fights, makes fewer mistakes in defense and recovers more balls," they wrote, and therefore stressed that "Leidner's chances of becoming a team player in the first season are low, especially when Pedro Martinez is known for making minimal changes in the defensive unit".

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