Greek starlet Papadopoulos joins Schalke

Schalke 04 have announced the signing of Greek starlet Kyriakos Papadopoulos from Olympiakos. The 18 year old teenager has signed a four year contract with the Royal Blues that will keep him at the Veltins Arena till June 2014.

Papadopoulos leaves Olympiakos after a spell of three years at the Karaiskakis Stadium. He had joined the Piraeus based outfit in 2007 from Svoronos Katerinis.

Papadopoulos is widely regarded as one of the Greece’s stars of the future and has attracted attention from the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Espanyol and Nottingham Forest in the past.

Papadopoulos will join compatriot Vasileios Pliatsikas at the Veltins Arena. Pliatsikas signed for Schalke last year from AEK Athens.

[Source:- Schalke 04]