Croatia international Danijel Pranjic agrees to Panathinaikos move

Panathinaikos have reached a verbal agreement with Croatia international and Sporting Lisbon defender Danijel Pranjic.

According to reports in Greece, the 31 year-old is ready to move to Athens after discussions with the club but must now come to an agreement with Sporting over an early release from his contract.

Pranjic’s current deal runs until 2015 but Sporting are keen to get the former Bayern Munich player off their books given his high wages and their own financial troubles over the past 18 months.

Before he is allowed to move to Panathinaikos, Pranjic will need to negotiate the financial details of his exit from Sporting, who apparently owe the player unpaid wages from last season.

It is a situation that is reminiscent of another of the Greek Super League club’s recent transfer dealings, that of Swedish striker Marcus Berg, who was involved in protracted discussions with Hamburg over his own release.

Pranjic has already met with Panathinaikos manager Yiannis Anastasiou and technical director Nikos Dabizas, who are keen to add the versatile Croatian to their roster.