Lucescu era officially over, PAOK target Lisi
Razvan Lucescu is gone. PAOK confirmed the Romanian's departure on Friday, ending a saga that had dragged for weeks (2). The split had been coming, but now it is official.
Your club already have a name: Alessio Lisi. The Italian coach, most recently at Segunda side Mirandés after an earlier spell at Osasuna, is the top target to take over (1). He is not a name that jumps off the page, and the fanbase knows it.
Matos and Vieirinha in the room
Commentator Thodoris Chastas weighed in on Friday, pointing to the roles of former players Matos and Vieirinha in the process around the new manager (3). The profile PAOK are chasing, according to Chastas, is a younger coach with fresh ideas, not a recycled name from the Greek circuit.
Fan reactions
The mood is uneasy. Fans are asking bluntly who Alessio Lisi even is, with one thread on the PAOK subreddit titled "Alessio Lisi the new coach" filled with calls for anyone who knows something about the Italian to speak up. A separate post on Tomasz Kędziora's reported move to Dynamo Kyiv captured a deeper frustration: "Will anything get announced this year, or will we learn everything from elsewhere?" Read the Lisi discussion here
