Costinha sold to Brighton, Maffeo lined up
Costinha is gone. Brighton have signed your right-back on a five-year deal, confirmed by the club (3) (4). The terms are undisclosed, but the move is done, subject to international clearance.
Olympiacos are not waiting around. Pablo Maffeo is close to arriving as the direct replacement (1). The club is also pushing for more targets: centre-backs Zinedine Smajlović and Mika Mármol, plus midfielders Noah Kadiou and Joël Roca are all on the radar (1). The squad rebuild is moving fast.
A double-winning season to build on
You already know what this squad delivered. The Euroleague. The Greek Basket League. A Super Cup to start it all and a 3–2 finals win over Panathinaikos to finish it.
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Evan Fournier broke Roy Tarpley's long-standing scoring record and was named finals MVP. Kostas Papanikolaou called the team a pack of wolves. Bartzokas, six years in, is expected to stay at the helm.
The women's water polo team added a fourth European Champions League title to the cabinet. The whole club is riding high.
Fan reactions
The Costinha exit has landed on r/soccer with a matter-of-fact tone, Brighton fans welcoming a defender who helped deliver two trophies this season. Over on the Panathinaikos subreddit, there is real frustration with how their basketball season played out, a grudging acknowledgment that a better finals display could not erase the year's failures. See the thread.
