{"id":598992,"date":"2021-08-12T06:55:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T10:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=598992"},"modified":"2021-12-27T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T16:41:46","slug":"norwich-city-complete-christos-tzolis-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/12\/norwich-city-complete-christos-tzolis-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwich City Complete Christos Tzolis Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/11\/billy-gilmour-will-offer-norwich-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Norwich City<\/a> have completed the signing of Greek winger Christos Tzolis. The 19-year-old joins the Canaries from PAOK for an undisclosed fee on a five-year deal.<\/p>\n<h2>Christos Tzolis Joins Norwich City<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcomeTzolis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WelcomeTzolis<\/a> \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/47ij3gLrJJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/47ij3gLrJJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Norwich City FC (@NorwichCityFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NorwichCityFC\/status\/1425728766001565699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Tzolis &#8216;Excited for Norwich Test<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the club website upon his arrival, Tzolis said: \u201cI would like to thank everyone for the very good welcome. I\u2019m very happy to be a part of this team and I hope to see the fans as fast as possible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"adition-container\">\n<div id=\"adition-instance-4392389\" class=\"\" data-adition=\"outstream\" data-adition-group=\"outstream\">\u201cI spoke with the coach (Daniel Farke) and he told me the plan and what he will do with me in the team. It\u2019s a very good project for me to sign here.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFrom the first moment, I was really excited to come here. I said to my agent to sign as fast as possible here. It\u2019s a very good step for me.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Last year) was my first professional season. I had good stats and we won the cup in Greece. It was a very good season for me and I hope to continue like this here in the Premier League.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Head coach Daniel Farke added: \u201cWe are all delighted with this signing. There was a lot of interest in Christos from some of the biggest teams in Europe.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn his age group, Christos is probably one of the most exciting offensive players across European football.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Career So Far<\/h3>\n<p>Tzolis came through the youth academy at PAOK, spending two different periods there before being promoted to the first team in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In his two years in the first team, he netted 16 times in 46 games, impressing with his brilliant displays.<\/p>\n<p>His performances for PAOK resulted in a full debut for the Greece national team in October 2020 &#8211; a 2-1 loss to Austria.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, he represented Greece at U17 and U19 level, scoring six goals in nine games for the former.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"ijxRTVolRCFHLfZXR7DwfQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1309221853\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ijxRTVolRCFHLfZXR7DwfQ',sig:'moPPw_gL_4NTL9wOn1texH7IgL58Lr0jjS2ghRQTa9Q=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1309221853',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norwich City have completed the signing of Greek winger Christos Tzolis. The 19-year-old joins the Canaries from PAOK for an undisclosed fee on a five-year deal. 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