FC Copenhagen defender Hatzidiakos set for homecoming with PAOK deal agreed

[p]According to [i][b][a href="https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/superliga/afsloering-fc-koebenhavn-saelger-hatzidiakos"]Tipsbladet[/a][/b][/i]'s Farzam Abdolhosseini, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hatzidiakos-pantelis/Mc0Fza0A/"]Hatzidiakos[/a] is set to join [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paok/Kry6HxA9/"]PAOK Saloniki[/a] on a permanent deal. The Greek giants are said to pay €1.5 million (11 million dk.) for Hatzidiakos, who will undergo his medical in Greece later this week.[/p][p]Hatzidiakos, 29, joined [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-copenhagen/hSPZwbEh/"]FC Copenhagen[/a] on loan from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cagliari/SCGVmKHb/"]Cagliari[/a] in 2024, after which [i]Byens Hold[/i] made the move permanent for a reported €1.5 million.[/p][image alt="Pantelis Hatzidiakos' career statistics" id="b0c0f21e-2d89-4fa1-be85-e709cf316f71" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="ff7f0be8-51a5-49a7-bc81-d7b420905231" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The Dutch-Greek centre-half won the domestic double with Copenhagen in the 2024/25 season, but endured a much more disappointing campaign the year after, with the record champions falling as far as seventh in the Superliga table and having to play in the relegation play-offs.[/p][p]Hatzidiakos started in 19 of Copenhagen's 22 games in the regular season, but only started in six of their last 14 games across the regular season and play-offs.[/p][p]In total, Hatzidiakos, who's under contract in Denmark until 2028, played 85 games for FC Copenhagen, scoring 5 goals along the way.[/p][p]The 41-time Greek international spent the first nine seasons of his career with AZ in the Dutch Eredivisie before leaving for Serie A side Cagliari in 2023.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/transfer-news-live-tracker-updates/8QqUWm3n/"]Follow the latest transfer news LIVE on Flashscore[/a][/h2][embed guid="f4a1a8ea-ae2c-43b2-a6db-631ee41cf66a" url="https://x.com/F_Abolhosseini/status/2077340637095997469?s=20" social-type="twitter" /]