Source: Team_Talk
Diop seals switch to AEK Athens
Senegal international Papa Bouba Diop has joined AEK Athens on a two-year deal from relegated Portsmouth.[LNB] The 32-year-old midfielder also agreed an option in the club's favour to extend the deal for another season after that and will wear the number 21 jersey.[LNB]Diop, who leaves behind relegated Portsmouth, will now link up with his team-mates on a training tour of Austria.[LNB]In an interview on aek.gr he said: "I wanted to leave Portsmouth. I had already spent six years in England and wanted to try a new perspective. I talked to the president, who called me and told me how much he wanted me to move to AEK.[LNB]"At that time I had gone on vacation but when I returned to England, I pushed for a move from my side of things."[LNB]AEK finished fourth in the Greek top flight last season, and when asked about his initial impressions, he added: "The truth is that I'm impressed. I was not expecting it. I've played in other countries, England, France, Switzerland and I have not come across as warm an attitude anywhere else in the world.[LNB]"This reception I got is an incentive to fight with all my strength for this group."[LNB]
