Vangelis Pavlidis may be able to continue his career in Serie A. The AZ striker is according to Il Corriere dello Sport in the interest of Salernitana. The Italian sports newspaper estimates the possible transfer value of the 24-year-old Greek at ten million euros.
Pavlidis still has a contract in the AFAS Stadium until mid-2025, so that the Alkmaarders do not have to sell. Technical director Max Huiberts recently said in an interview with the Noordhollands Dagblad I am sure that a departure from Pavlidis this year is out of the question. Also with a view to the return in the Conference League preliminary round against Dundee United next week, it is not expected that AZ will soon cooperate in a transfer from Pavlidis, who last season was good for 25 goals and seven assists over all. competitions.
Salernitana’s interest in Pavlidis is also reported by Greek media. The Italians would even be willing to pay more than ten million euros, breaking their own club record. In addition, the club from Salerno reportedly wants to make Pavlidis its highest-paid player. Salernitana has had a new owner in Danilo Iervolino since January this year, who has expressed great ambitions for the club. The first success was already achieved by not being relegated to Serie B against all odds.
In addition to Pavlidis, AZ also has Ernest Poku, Yusuf Barasi and Jens Odgaard in the selection who can act as strikers. Pavlidis came over for two and a half million euros from Willem II in the summer of 2021, where he was an important pawn in the enforcement of the Tilburgers. In the 2020/21 season, the former striker of, among others, VfL Bochum scored twelve times and gave an assist five times. His solo against Fortuna Sittard, in the last game of that season, was particularly beautiful.
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