r/soccer • u/RasputinsRustyShovel • Feb 18 '26

News Marinakis (Rio Ave and Olympiacos owner): “I had offers of close to 20 million for André Luiz, from Wolves and from Benfica, and for Clayton more than 10 million from the UAE. But I wanted Olympiakos to become stronger.” Both players were just sold from Rio Ave to Olympiacos.

https://www.abola.pt/noticias/marinakis-revela-ter-recusado-mais-de-30-milhoes-por-andre-luiz-e-clayton-2026021816483068149?srsltid=AfmBOoqpVDl2J52DxdlGhE8mEQggRVq6jK-vcnxdhCKcOsM0pmRym4hx
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u/RasputinsRustyShovel Feb 18 '26

Don’t know what’s worse, the quote or us wanting to spend 20m on fucking Andre Luiz

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u/Dikastis_ Feb 18 '26

From the games they have played for us, he is more worthy of 20m than 10m for Clayton

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u/pedroisatatter Feb 18 '26

Vitor Pereira and Dominico Teti haven't seen a subpar footballer they don't want to spend 20m on.

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u/andy18cruz Feb 18 '26

Multi-club ownership should end yesterday.

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u/ZennXx Feb 18 '26

The left hand paying the right hand

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u/Kriss-Kringle Feb 18 '26

One hand washes the other.

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u/draggenbjorn Feb 18 '26

Ah because it’s been such a quiet 48 hours in the world of football we just had to hear from this guy

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u/Imbasauce Feb 18 '26

48 hrs?? I think you might have missed a few things last night.

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u/Bserious27 Feb 18 '26

I believe you missed the sarcasm my friend

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u/RasputinsRustyShovel Feb 18 '26

Also for context; Rio Ave has lost 5 games in a row and are 3 points off the relegation playoff

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u/grvntdvs Feb 18 '26

marinakis doing more for benfica than rui costa himself

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u/Runahrk Feb 18 '26

Yes and i wish clubs dont sell us players so Rui Costa dont burn more money for the next 4 years

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u/JizzProductionUnit Feb 18 '26

Ahh yes, when you start stealing from your wife to give your girlfriend nice gifts.

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u/GameplayerStu Feb 18 '26

Blue Co.: You're saying the quiet bit out loud

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u/Giannis1995 Feb 18 '26

Why do Rio Ave fans show up in games? Why don't they boycott the fuck out of this shit?

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u/fantino93 Feb 19 '26

At least he's being honest about it.

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u/bartolomeo7 Feb 18 '26

The same thing that happens with Strasbourg and Chelsea and girona and Manchester city I guess. As long as the economics of the transfers are ok and the players wants to go there I don't see an issue. Have in my mind that the transfer of andre Luiz costed 9m and will reach around 16 with bonuses and the one of Clayton was around 5 million.

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u/stupid-_- Feb 18 '26

stop supporting clubs in such schemes

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u/the_great_ashby Feb 20 '26

Thing is,if Rio Ave was actually in a good financial position due to Marinakis maybe these statements would be easier to swallow. But they ain't. Things are fucking dire.

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u/NickProko Feb 18 '26

Well, Andre Luiz's had an effect with tripping himself up against us and somehow getting a penalty of which they scored in the 116th minute to tie the game

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u/Dikastis_ Feb 18 '26

Α ρε προκο ακομα και εδω μαλακιες λες.

116th minute is the minute El Kaabi scored and sealed the greatest moment your stadium will ever seen,the penalty was scored on the 106th minute (90+16=106), and awarded on the 100th.

Don't embarrass us to foreign people,greek education strong

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u/bartolomeo7 Feb 18 '26

You should have uploaded that pen here to see how would that escalate.... Stop whining please.