Wrong PAOK signing

By James Pearson   Last updated: 20th August 2008   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Wrong PAOK signing

Muslimovic signs!??

Only an idiot would shoot from there!

Gretar Steinsson
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PAOK fans welcome the wrong signing while Frenkie Schinkels gives a referee a taste of his own medicine.

When PAOK's official website announced the signing of Inter Milan's Sweden international striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic fans could barely believe their eyes.

What a coup for the Greek outfit! How could they possibly land such a high-profile signing from under the noses of European giants?

The truth is they had not. They had in fact captured Atalanta's Bosnian forward Zlatan Muslimovic, who incidentally play in the same black and blue shirts as the Nerazzurri.

Although PAOK later spotted and corrected the obvious mistake their fans were somehow left out of the loop. Instead they turned out in force to welcome their new hero.

It just happened to be the wrong hero. I just hope they were not too down at greeting Muslimovic at the airport instead of world class striker Ibrahimovic.

Practice, practice, practice

They say practice makes perfect, but for Bolton's Gretar Steinsson that rule somehow does not apply.

One would think that following his sensational strike against Stoke in Bolton's season opener the roaming Icelandic right-back works hard on the training ground perfecting his technique.

However, rather than take the plaudits for his 30-yard thunderbolt, he opted for a much more modest opinion on his contender for Goal of the Season.

"I could say that I practised it every day for half an hour, but just an idiot would shoot from there!" remarked the former AZ Alkmaar defender.

Red card

Finally, Austria Carinthie manager Frenkie Schinkels came prepared for his team's Austrian first division match against SK Rapid.

The game was not going very well for Schinkels when he was ordered to the stands for giving the referee and fourth official a tongue lashing

However, Schinkels upped the ante even further when he outright refused to leave the coaching area.

Referee Louis Hofmann wanted him firmly out of the picture, but after asking him nicely, the prepared Schinkels produced a red card of his own for the official's performance.

"I do less harm with it than when I open my mouth," he said of the red card, which he carried with him on the advice of his dad.

Schinkels' unusual protest landed him with a €300 fine. Least he wins some sympathy for being original right?

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Tim Google says...

Hilarious!

Posted 12:37 21st August 2008

Dougie Henejilgburg says...

How can an official website be confused over who there club has signed? I'm rather bewildered as to how this has happened! Let's just hope for the PAOK fans that Zlatan Muslimovic can be as good as Zlatan Ibrahimovic!!!

Posted 11:37 21st August 2008

Jon Drumm says...

Harsh (Ibrahimovic) to the PAOK fans but very funny as usual! How crazy things can be in football. And nice one Steinsson, proves it was a fluke and you won't deny it. Well played!

Posted 11:19 21st August 2008

Kieran Ryan says...

Ha Ha!! Poor PAOK fans. Imagine the disappointment, if that would've been an English club, they'd be calling for the chairman/managers head!! In all seriousness it just goes to show the extent of stupidity with some of the powers in football. If these guys are in charge of a football club and can't tell the difference between a dark haired world famous footballer and blonde, Bosnian nobody.......What's the point in them being there?

Posted 08:48 21st August 2008
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