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His presence at the team&#8217;s first training gathering is now also in doubt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"el\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udca5 \u039a\u03b1\u03bc\u03af\u03b1 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u03cd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03a4\u03cc\u03bc\u03b1\u03c2 \u0393\u03bf\u03c5\u03cc\u03ba\u03b1\u03c0 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u03bf\u03af\u03ba\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u039f\u03bb\u03c5\u03bc\u03c0\u03b9\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd, \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03c5\u03c0\u03cc\u03b8\u03b5\u03c3\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u039d\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03c0\u03ac\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03ad\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b4\u03cd\u03bf \u03c0\u03bb\u03b5\u03c5\u03c1\u03ad\u03c2 \u03c3\u03b5 \u03c0\u03bb\u03ae\u03c1\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b1\u03b4\u03b9\u03ad\u03be\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf.<\/p>\n<p>\u203c\ufe0f \u03a3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1 \u03b1\u03ba\u03cc\u03bc\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b7 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03af\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b1\u03af\u03ba\u03c4\u03b7 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u00ab\u03c0\u03c1\u03ce\u03c4\u03b7\u00bb \u03c3\u03c5\u03b3\u03ba\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03c9\u03c3\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03bf\u03bc\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2. \u03a3\u03b5 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03cc\u03c4\u03c5\u03c0\u03bf \u00ab\u03bc\u03c0\u03c1\u03b1 \u03bd\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c6\u03b5\u03c1\u00bb\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0jNB7u8ghS\">pic.twitter.com\/0jNB7u8ghS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; gazzetta.gr (@gazzetta_gr) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/gazzetta_gr\/status\/2089432233866146111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Gazzetta.gr, the \u20ac1.5 million proposal from Dubai has left the player and the Greek club at a complete standstill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":312831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,249],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-510466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-greece","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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