Brilliantly loaned to Athens during the 2024-2025 season, Azzedine Ounahi is preparing to make a resounding return in the colors of Panathinaikos. While Ajax Amsterdam pushed very hard in recent days to try to steal the Moroccan international from Girona, the midfielder finally chose continuity. According to our information, a final verbal agreement has been concluded between the Spanish team and the Greek team for a loan accompanied by a purchase obligation set at 25 million euros, paving the way for a 4-year lease. To defeat the Dutch competition and get the green light from the Atlas Lion, the decision-makers in Athens did not hesitate to pull out all the stops financially by simply offering him the highest salary of their entire workforce (€2.7 million per year).
Behind the scenes, this end of transfer window file from the duo Duke As and Jean-Willy Ngoma, the latter having already been the major architect of the player’s first arrival in Greece in the form of loan two years ago. Building on this privileged connection, the leaders of Panathinaikos are now pressing ahead to finalize the administrative procedures. The Hellenic team wishes to accelerate as much as possible in the coming hours in order to be able to register the Casablanca native on its UEFA list on time and count on his creativity for the rest of its European campaign. A major operation which validates the disproportionate ambitions of the Greek giant in this market.
