There have been many players to wear the red-and-white jersey over the years, but some of them were a bit more special than the rest.
Considering the recent transfers of Oleg Reabciuk, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Kenny Lala made by Olympiacos, my mind couldn’t help but drift off down memory lane. To the great, COVID-free summer days when fans would anxiously wait to see what news there were about any transfer signings made by the club or even during the pre-internet era when they would rush everyday to the store and buy the newspaper to read up on any developments.
Then finally when any agreement regarding a major signing would be made official, fans would gather at the airport to anticipate the arrival of their club’s fancy new signing to see them up close and give them a taste of what it means to be an Olympiacos player.
There have been many such great transfers made over the years by the club. The following list contains the most significant among them, although for some readers there may be a few names missing or others that don’t deserve to be on this list. But to each their own.
Dudu Cearense
…Or more commonly known as Alexandro Silva de Sousa, as was his original name, Dudu was a real warrior in the center of midfield who never gave up without a fight. Coming in from…
