Row over Ioannidis! Sporting and Panathinaikos at loggerheads | OneFootball

Deal for Fotis Ioannidis caused a stir! Sporting and Panathinaikos were left with strained relations after talks

After the deal for Fotis Ioannidis was concluded, Sporting and Panathinaikos did not part on the best of terms. The Greek striker arrived at Alvalade on the final day of the summer transfer window, becoming the second signing from the Athens club after Georgios Vagiannidis.

According to information reported by Correio da Manhã, in addition to the 22.5 million euros, with three more depending on objectives, the Athenians secured 25% of a future transfer of their former team captain. Even so, the Greeks made one more demand for the striker: an extra 1.1 million euros.

Apparently, the Sporting directors were not pleased with the various demands made by Panathinaikos, since, in the initial contacts, there had been a verbal agreement that the payment made to Fotis Ioannidis’ youth clubs would be split between the green and white club and the Greeks. As such, Sporting’s SAD was not at all happy with this turnaround from the Greeks.

It is worth recalling that the Greek striker was the second player signed from Panathinaikos in this transfer window after Georgios Vagiannidis, who played a role in the transfer of his former team captain to Alvalade: “He told me the best things I could hear (about Sporting), I’m very happy.”

In the last 2024/25 season, playing for Panathinaikos, Fotis Ioannidis – valued at 15 million euros – had numbers below expectations. In 42 matches played, the striker scored 11 times and provided two assists. In the current season, he has played four games without any goal contributions so far.

Check out Ioannidis’ performance against Braga:

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