@Cronios
Manolas. Can you tell us anything about him?
He is a nephew of one of the greatest Greek defenders ever.
His uncle played most of his proffesional carrier in A.E.K. and this were he has started too.
Very early on, it became obvious that he is a very talented player, certainly the best of his generation, unlike his uncle, he is very smart too, he has great tactical awareness and core defender skills.
Since AEK was relegated to Serie C, after they went bankrupt, he went to the nemesis Olympiakos and for that he will be considered a heartless mercenary by many.
He had no issue to become a starter and quite a star of the team there too, with great performances in CL, (last year ofr ex he scored twice) he attracted interest from European teams right away.
Every summer there are rumors that big clubs will get him and this time, Juventus is mentioned.
But after the goal vs PSG that helped Olympiakos go throught, he has extended his contract and i believe he will be very expensive now.
He is only a NT starter and he will remain for sure, for the next decade or so...
Havind said all that, i am not really impressed, from the Greek championship, i only wanted two players for Juve,
Seitaridis from the Greeks and Yaya Toure from the foreigners.
Manolas is at the age of 24, he is proven at this level, but i am not sure if he could cope in Juve's level.
Watching the far inferior IMO, Papastathopoulos coping with ease in serie A though and seeing Italy suffering greatly from decent defensive options,
i would consider him, becuase of his proffesionalism. Unlike most of the Greek players, he is very disciplined and given such an opprtunity he may blossom...