Facundo was personally wanted by the Athenian coach Alonso, who previously coached the Uruguayan national team
Manchester United officially announced the split with the Uruguayan winger Facundo PellistriThe 22-year-old footballer has joined the Greek club on a permanent basis. Panathinaikos.
The details of the transfer have not been disclosed, however, according to the Transfermarkt portal, Facundo signed a four-year contract with PAO, and the English club received 6 million euros for the transfer.
It was recently reported that the clubs were close to agreeing on this transfer. The winger was personally wanted by the head coach of the Greek team Diego Alonso, who previously worked with Facundo in the Uruguayan national team. In particular, Alonso took Pellistri to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where he played all three matches of the group stage.
Pellistri spent the first part of last season with Manchester United, playing 7 matches in the Premier League. Facundo spent the second part of the season on loan at Granada, where he played 15 matches in La Liga (scoring two goals and making one assist).
In the summer off-season, Pellistri returned to Manchester United, and even took part in the FA Community Shield match against Manchester City, which Erik ten Hag’s team lost in a penalty shootout.
Panathinaikos have been eliminated from the Europa League qualification and will now face Lens in the Conference League qualification play-off round. Diego Alonso’s team started the Greek championship with a home defeat to Asteras (0:1).
Source: Sportarena
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