Cheikh Niasse, who was loaned to Panathinaikos in the last hours of the mercato, had not yet arrived in Greece for administrative reasons.
Yesterday, the defensive midfielder trained at the JMG academy in Lierse landed at Athens airport in the middle of the afternoon before joining Panathinaikos’ training centre. The 21-year-old joined his new club five days after the transfer was made official due to administrative reasons.
In a press conference, the Greek club’s coach, László Bölöni, spoke about the arrival: “We had to bring in a holding midfielder with Niasse, who can also play the role of central defender, but he is a holding midfielder who gives us many possibilities. Sankharé, who is a six-eight, plus eight, can bring us verticality. The fact that we can have three players who are at a good level and I am referring to our two new players and Mauricio and in addition to Alexandropoulos who has room for development, we are totally satisfied. “
