Lucescu is out, and the search is on
Razvan Lucescu's time at PAOK is over. Monday's papers called it the end of an era (3). The club is already working on a successor, with Portuguese coach Luis Castro and Spaniard Beniat San Jose Gil among the names in the frame (1). Castro has managed Braga and Botafogo. San Jose Gil led Eibar and has La Liga experience. Marino Pusic and Abel Ferreira have also been mentioned, though less prominently (1). You finished third on 64 points, 34 goals to the good. The next appointment shapes everything.
The podcast that explains the split
Athletiko dropped a podcast breaking down how PAOK and Lucescu reached this point, featuring journalist Michalis Tsochos (4). It frames the divorce as something that built over time, not a sudden rupture. Worth a listen if you want the full backstory.
Fan reactions
One word summed up the mood on the PAOK subreddit Monday night: "Mood." No details, no rant, just exhaustion. The thread sits there like a collective exhale, fans too drained to say much else. Read the thread.