According to "sportdog.gr" website, Hellas Verona want to release the international attacking midfielder and manager Andrea Stramaccioni is willing to add him to Panathinaikos' squad, so president Giannis Alafouzos is ready to cover the biggest part of his annual salary (700.000 euros) in order to bring him back in Greece.
"It is a great moment for my career, the most important so far I think. I will play for a club which has won 'back to back' Euroleague titles and three times the trophy in its history. I can't wait to become a member of Olympiakos, of course I know many things about Vasilis Spanoulis and I am looking forward to play along him, he is a Euroleague legend and managed even to play at the NBA in the past."
Head coach Fotis Katsikaris will most likely have to deal with another important absence ahead of matches against Italy, Croatia and Mexico in Turin (4/9 July), since the recent medical exams confirmed that the 26-year-old international is suffering from a serious footpad injury, which had left him out of action for many weeks during January-February as well.