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ΔΕκα χρονια στ&eta ;νιισεει κρτ την κυπριακμαλψηλFor a Cypriot footballer, it is a big deal to take the step abroad and an even bigger bet to manage to stay out of the island for a long time. Let alone in one of the best and biggest leagues in Europe. Grigoris Kastanos achieves this perfectly. Our compatriot has already spent ten years in exile and still continues to hold the Cypriot flag high. The new stop for the 26-year-old footballer, born in Sotira, is Hellas Verona, which in the past few days announced his loan from Salernitana.</p> <p>When Grigoris Kastanos had left the island to pursue his football dream, he was just approaching the age of 16. At the end of December 2013, Juventus, who had recognized his talent, enrolled him in their academies giving an amount to the Union (s.s. the information of that time spoke of 100,000 euros). Since then, he has remained in the Italian league, with a short break where he competed in Belgium. Ten whole years in a league, which is considered among the five best in Europe.</p> <p><b>His career</b></p> <p>The door to Juventus was opened through a match of the Cyprus National U13 National Team (including away to Germany), he went on trial and was eventually retained as a player of the “Old Lady” until 2022. He fulfilled his dream to play with the first team of Juventus. He is the first and only Cypriot to succeed, when on April 13, 2019, Allegri gave him the opportunity to play in a game against SPAL towards the end of the 2018-19 season, the year he also won the championship. For the longest time he played in the smaller Juventus teams or on loan. He played for Pescara and Frosinone in Italy and Zulte Waregem in Belgium. Last loan from Juventus was to Salernitana where he was eventually transferred.</p> <p><b>Value… almost 2,000,000</b></p> <p>Grigoris Kastanos remains high and in the football stock market, with its stock market value being at its highest point in the last one year. Specifically, it is priced by transfermarkt at 1,800,000. This amount makes him one of the three Cypriots… who are worth the most money, according to the website's estimates. Only the – also alienated – Ioannis Pittas and Stelios Andreou are given a larger amount (2,500,000). Among the roster of his new team, Hellas Verona is 12th in market value. It is noted that, according to reports abroad, Hellas Verona has the right to buy him next summer by paying an amount close to 1,000,000 euros to Salernitana, with whom he has a contract until 2026.</p> <p><noindex></p> <div class=Source: gipedo.politis.com.cy

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