The 19-year-old has impressed dueing his first season in the Bundesliga to attract further attention from across Europe
Tears streamed down Panagiotis Retsos’ cheeks as he bid farewell to his homeland before stepping on a plane to begin a frightening but potentially glorious adventure in Germany.
Greek football fans barely had time to get a proper look at the red-hot defender who erupted onto the professional scene with Olympiacos and departed just a year later as the country’s most expensive player.
It took just 40 appearances for Greece’s biggest club to catch the eye of Bayer Leverkusen, among others, and the Bundesliga side offered up €17.