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Panathinaikos are ready to offer a contract that could reach €8 million for a two-year deal.

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In what was described by some as the heist of the decade, Panathinaikos Athens lured Kostas Sloukas away from their biggest rivals Olympiacos Piraeus. The team is now ready to make an even bigger splash in free agency.

Nikola Mirotic

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According to Georgios Kouvaris from Gazzetta.gr, Panathinaikos have entered the race for the signature of Nikola Mirotic. The club is ready to offer a contract of up to €8 million for two years.

It is worth noting that Mirotic has not yet officially left FC Barcelona where he still has two years left in his deal with the organization. The dispute between the two sides is the main obstacle that doesn't allow the Montenegrin forward to choose his next career destination freely.

Amidst the chaos, Panathinaikos might have received good news, at least on the local front. According to Christos Boukouras from SDNA, Mirotic has rejected an offer from Olympiacos.

With the race for Nikola Mirotic's signature heating up, reports suggest that two more teams have upped their offers for the superstar, most notably AS Monaco and Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade.

Mirotic was recently seen in the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, sparking debate about whether he's in Serbia for leisure or whether he's landing to sign a deal with one of the two Belgrade teams. Mirotic later posted an Instagram story where he's seen helping his grandmother with the caption 'If anyone wondered where I am and what I'm doing'.

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