[Albion] Charalampos Kostoulas - 2007 Greek forward

Milano said:

Coach what out of him? His entire game is based on it. When was it happening? I’ve seen literally no evidence in a Brighton shirt since he came back from injury that he was doing anything apart from playing for himself. Shooting from ridiculous positions, 1 in 10 go in. Norwich away being a classic. Rutter is literally his exact opposite.
He’ll be great somewhere, it won’t be here.

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Bozza said:

• They reference Brighton’s recent signing of Stefanos Tzimas, who was immediately loaned out to Nürnberg, as evidence of a lack of a clear development plan.

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Stato said:

Yeah. what has happened to the type of clear development plans we had for players like Alexis Mac Allister, where we signed him and then loaned him back eh? How are we going to replicate the development paths of players like Mitoma, Caicedo, Adringa, Ayari or Van Hecke if we're going to sign players and just loan them out?

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Garry Nelson's Left Foot said:

40m for a 17 year old is mind boggling and a little terrifying.

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Garry Nelson's Left Foot said:

40m for a 17 year old is mind boggling and a little terrifying.

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Nightfall said:

Well greek matters again, so I will try to shed some light

Even though he plays for our arch rivals I can't say something bad about the kid.
He is a huge talent with no limit if he continues to evolve like this.
In the 17-18 years old range, the biggest talents from Greece currently are : Karetsas (Genk), Kostoulas and Mouzakitis (both Olympiakos )

The biggest issue with players that young is if they will reach their potential and how you can evaluate them when they played in the Greek league.
One good indication is that Olympiakos has very good youth facilities and academy (and I admit it even though I hate their guts).

Biggest poof is that Olympiakos won the UEFA Youth League last year and the stars where Kostoulas (8 Games - 5 goals 2 assist) and Mouzakitis.
Furthermore even though just 17 he already had 35 games with the senior squad most of them in the starting 11.

He is very good technical both as AM and all striker positions. This is a good compilation and pretty recent clips :



One negative fact for making a deal is that the owner of Olympiakos, is also the owner of Not.Forest, so he will try to squeeze any other PL team.
Someone could also ask why doesn't Nottingham buy him , a practise that Marinakis loves (to laund...transfer money through his teams ).
Marinakis might be passionate about football, but as a human being he is very questionable-to say the least. An excellent read if you like crime stories :

The Vampire Ship

How the seizure of Europe's largest heroin shipment created bloody fallout throughout the world—and sparked still-raging political corruption scandals in Turkey, Greece, and the Middle East

newrepublic.com

Having said all that, as a 17 year old he is in the top 10 someone can buy right now. If he reaches he potential he is a steal, if not...but this is a risk with almost any 17 year old not named Yamal.

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Machiavelli said:

Thanks for posting this. From looking at this video, he looks as though he has outstanding technique but is taller and stronger than just a technical number 10. Many of those clips see him receiving the ball with back to goal holding off CBs etc which suggests he could play as a number 9.
A couple of questions:
1, is this what you mean by 'AM and all striker positions'?
2, it's a small sample size, but it didn't look as though he's got searing pace which I'd kind of want in a 40m Euro 18yo. How rapid is he?

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