The Olympiacos Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Not going: Panagiotis Retsos stays at Olympiacos
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” FCSB had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Olympiacos rebuffed over Eric Smith
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. St. Pauli have kept their man, and Olympiacos go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Olympiacos say no — this time
The offer from Rio Ave for Jota Silva was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Peter Michorl at that price
Olympiacos offered $1.6M; Atromitos said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ayoub El Kaabi raises the bar for Olympiacos
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Olympiacos heard it as anything else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Chiquinho stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Chiquinho and Olympiacos agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Olympiacos
Remo Freuler was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gelson Martins has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Olympiacos can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Olympiacos training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Clayton is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- The dugout Chiquinho knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Remo Freuler still has not settled
- The dugout The manager comes out for Bruno Onyemaechi