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Why did Giannis Konstantelias’ transfer to Borussia Dortmund result in protests?
Let’s find out.
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I read some posts on Facebook explaining this and I clicked to your video with hope to hear some deeper analysis. Sadly, you didn’t even mention anything related to the top of the club. I know this is a short video, but it’s still below this channel’s standard.
TLDR: They didn't want him to leave because they liked him
Ridiculous fanbase
The difference is that Totti play for Roma when Seria A was still can compete with top League in europa while he was at Greece League and good enough to play for top club in top league in Europe
I know everyone wants their best players to stay, but BVB V PAOK is a no brainer in any players mind
it is pronounced as P.A.O.K., not paok i believe.
Let the player grow lmao. Europe top 5 is the goal for every player! He'll always be one of your own
He's lucky he didn't get stabbed tbh. Paok fans are deranged
The biggest steal this year this player is absolutely a baller magician
Nobody is mad that Konstantelias was sold—we all knew he outgrew us. The real outrage is the cycle: produce talent, sell them, and mismanage the money. Tziolis, Giannoulis, Koulierakis, and now Ntelia. Now we’re going into a make-or-break match against Brann with ZERO replacement in his position. Stop copy-pasting whatever the chairman’s PR team feeds you and actually look at the squad.
one club man in greece 😅 lay off the smoke, dortmund is a great move for him these fans should chill
God forbid someone wants to earn more and move to a bigger and better club, rats.
Fair play to PAOK fans standing their ground. Leaking talent isn’t going to help the club long term especially if he’s as good as that one journalist thinks. €30m isn’t enough to justify letting him leave.
Rovers have leaked so much talent in even the last 5 years that we’d have a chance of CL qualification if we held on to those players.
the fans denied him a better opportunities to grow and be better player and play for the national team.. the fans need to respect his decision since he is the professional and have better advisor to make good decision for betterness of his short carrier.. you only have years in professional football
Watch the same fans complain about how trash the Greek national team is. Hmmmm I wonder why you have a development problem…
Does guy look like josh king?
Οι οπαδοι του ΠΑΟΚ εκαναν διαμαρτυρία διοτι εφυγε ο καλυτερος της ομαδας …και η διοίκηση του ΠΑΟΚ δεν έχει φέρει πρωτα κάποιον στην θεση του..διοτι ο ΠΑΟΚ εχει μια μεγαλη πολύ μεγαλη ιστορία που αγγίζει την Κωνσταντινούπολη και τον ξεριζωμό τον Ελλήνων…εκτος απο αυτο μεχρι στιγμής 2+6+1+7 ψυχές έφυγαν στον ουρανο καθώς ταξιδεψαν για να ειναι στο πλευρό αυτης της ομαδας ….ο ΠΑΟΚ δεν έχει πολλούς τίτλους αλλα θυσίες και βαρια φανελα.. ο κωσταντελιας μας εκανε να τον αγαπάμε σαν ενα παιδι δικο μας που μας χαριζε ευτυχία μονο που γελουσε..συν οτι ειναι οτι καλύτερο made in Greece μεχρι τώρα στο ελληνικό ποδόσφαιρο…τον αγαπάμε και τωρα αγαπαμε και Ντόρτμουντ μέχρι το 2031 😂😂😂😂🤍🖤💛
HWG 🤣
Trent all over again
One club man at PAOK, such delusion
Nature is healing, don't screw teams over
Difference: Totti playing in Serie A vs PAOK in the Greek league (not top 5, arguably not top 10 league).
This is not 90’s
What's wrong with them? He ain't staying in some small club that no one knows, they should be happy for him coming from their academy, making history and then going to some of the best clubs in the world, he's a representative of their success
The fans should be the first to support him. Not block his growth
Didn't know Josh King worked at The Athletic
I can sort of feel their perspective. Football is one giant soulless machine which is just geared to serve the highest bidder. For a club where players of that ilk don't show up everyday it must be especially painful.
If Greece is a Top 5 league, then sure they can demand loyalty like Totti. Otherwise, they're crazy not to let the guy shine on a bigger stage
Such incredibly selfish and childish fans.
“Forget your dreams and ambitions, stay at this little club because I want you to.”
Guys the fans didn't protest to player's decision but to the club ownership who placed him for sale. Also stop being disrespectful to non top leagues like those teams should only exist as feeders to big clubs 😞
And the most delusional fans of the year goes to…
Thought it was josh king 😭
Turn down the hue please
The fans is so entitled, of course he want to move to more known and competitive league
Imagine if u heard this but it was a Prem club
That €30 million could fund a whole generation of players
Fans have to be more respective of the players decisions. You can't expect players like Messi and Ronaldo to play at Newells Old boys and Sporting CP forever.
Did Brennan Johnson retire already? Sad 😢
You are massively misinformed and you are misinforming the viewers here. We never protested about his transfer to BVB; is was always obvious that a player of his calibre would have a massive move sooner or later. We protested for the board’s shady and under the rug business and dealings, which led to the sale of our best ever player in a single night, a move mind you that the new coach and players themselves only found out in the morning of August 16th, when he was absent from training and everyone was looking for him.
The club sold him off at the first chance possible and there are even reports that he was greatly pressured from the board in order to accept the transfer and move on to BVB. Obviously, who in the right mind would ever say no to such a new challenge. He himself although openly stated in the past that he wishes to stay with PAOK forever, as long at least as the club itself shows the same desire
The key point here is that our club’s financials lack any form of liquidity, hence the hasty sale (which was indeed about to be completed last year on a shockingly low rate). We fans protested the fact that both the newly appointed sporting and athletic directors where left out of the picture, the coach who built a team around him was never informed about the sale and there are no moves whatsoever that suggest that Konstantelias will be replaced adequately and on time. PAOK is having a rough summer and we are in risk of complete elimination from European competitions, since next week we are playing a do-or-die match against SK Brann in Norway for the Conference League
Every single PAOK fan can understand the board’s inability to properly communicate decisions, let alone as big as this one. We were promised a new era in the club, more transparency, better handlings in delicate matters and a proper sporting plan
Everything that was built in the summer was destroyed in a single day. Konstantelias was sold off in a day before ever securing an immediate replacement in line. We was sold off just before PAOK’s most important two matches of the season against SK Brann, giving the coach no real alternatives and undermining the club’a European fate
Nevertheless, please be better informed when creating videos on such delicate matters and refrain on painting a picture of possessive and unreasonable fans.
We never said that we didn’t want him to move on and succeed in the biggest European stage. Those who watched BVB v Bayern yesterday can understand what type of player he is
Do better next time. Cheers
He was strong in the minutes he got against Bayern yesterday
Fans who think they own a player is so brain-dead.. liverpool fans did the same with trent.. they believed they owned him
His look exactly like Mariano diaz
What 😅
How selfish are fans to boycott a move for a young player who could potentially be a world beater snd improve Greece's chances of success.
Very toxic fans
I can compare my little brother to Dalglish too
This dude looks like brennan johnson and josh king 😂
A 23 year old 1 club man in Greece lol. Maybe if the fans chill he might come back one year close to retirement
The daglish line is an awful take
Kenny dalglish?? 😂