Greek champions Olympiakos have continued their summer rebuilding by signing Swiss midfielder Pajtim Kasami on a three-year deal from English side Fulham.
The 22-year-old international, who did not make Switzerland’s World Cup squad, signed for an undisclosed fee from the Londoners, who were relegated from the Premier League last season.
Kasami’s arrival follows that of Eric Abidal, the former France defender who joined from Monaco last week for an undisclosed fee.
Abidal joined his new teammates at Zeefeld, Austria for their pre-season training this week, after making 26 appearances in Ligue 1 last season, and was not called up by France coach Didier Deschamps for the World Cup.
Abidal, who played for Barcelona for six years from 2007, was first diagnosed with a liver tumor in March 2011 and a year later underwent a transplant.
The former Lille and Lyon player says he has fully recovered and he successfully completed medical checks with Olympiakos.
Another Frenchman, winger Mathieu Dossevi, 26, also joins Olympiakos from Ligue 1 side Valenciennes, the Greek club confirmed.
Olympiakos also announced the extension of the contracts of Greece internationals Andreas Samaris and Dimitris Siovas until 2018.
Source: AFP