Youssef El Arabi is no longer a resident of Piraeus. APOEL has been working for a long time to acquire the Moroccan forward and announced it on Friday (12/07) with all formality. Olympiacos and El Arabi will now go their separate ways until they... meet again somehow. El Arabi arrived in Greece in the summer of 2019 for the sake of Olympiacos and the truth is that very few knew him. Of course, those who knew El Arabi from his tenure in La Liga with Granada (130 comp., 44 goals), put their "hands on the fire" for what would follow.
As it happened! The Moroccan "killer" played in 225 matches with Olympiacos and scored 94 goals (he was just shy of reaching 100), while he distributed 25 assists. He became a point of reference in the dressing room, donned the armband and made a huge impact on his Piraeus teammates! One of the reasons was that night in London, on February 27, 2020, when Olympiacos eliminated Arsenal from the round of 32 of the Europa League with El Arabi's goal in extra time. The "red and white" prevailed 1-2 and El Arabi automatically entered the pantheon of Olympiacos strikers!
The striker from Morocco scored a series of important and beautiful goals in Greece and Europe with Olympiacos, while he "loaded" with goals all the important opponents of the "red and whites" in the Super League. He leaves the Olympiacos "full of goals", but that night in London will always return in one way or another.
