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5.10.2020Bayer 04

Bayer 04 loan Panos Retsos to St. Etienne

Bayer 04 have loaned out Greece U21 international Panagiotis Retsos to St. Etienne to the end of the season. The defensive all-rounder has a contract at the Werkself to 30 June 2022. The French top-flight side, currently seventh in Ligue 1, have an option to buy the 22-year-old.
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Retsos was on loan for the second half of the 2019/20 season at the Premier League club Sheffield United. Before that, the right footer, signed by Bayer 04 in the summer of 2017, had made 35 appearances for the Werkself with four goal involvements.

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