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Larissa net Celtic's former Magic

Celtic striker Maciej Zurawski has joined Greek side Larissa FC and has been given the standard "thanks and good luck" message on the club's official site.

The 31-year-old, who had been linked with a move to the MLS during the transfer window, had previously confessed he was considering a move away from Parkhead in order to find regular football ahead of Poland's Euro 2008 campaign in the summer.

Zurawski appears to have taken his national coach Leo Beenhakker's advice to heart and decided it would be better to play for a team languishing 10th in the Greek league than continue to warm Scottish benches.

Zurawski, who lived up to his "Magic" nickname for his first season at Celtic after joining from Wisła Krak�w in June 2005, failed to recapture his initial form after picking-up an injury during the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Celtic have not disclosed the fee they received from Larissa although, with Zurawski's contract set to expire in the summer, it would only have been a modest amount.

In with the new and out with the old - and, in this case at least, the deal appears to be in the best interest of all parties. Thanks for the good season, Maciej, and good luck for Euro 2008.

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Date:Friday February 1 2008

Time: 7:39PM

Your Comments

fraud
Breen
bbc reports the fee at 500k...not the best return on a 2mil investment....
amerihoop
Yeah, but given the time on his contract, it's not bad. It works out better than the £1million we got for Maloney with six months left, and we invested a lot more in him during our time here, arguably.
Jamie1967
isnt zurawski the REAL RADIO FUGITVE?
GERS..72
nah, that would be MUTTON, Minty had to have him kidnapped and taken in chains to a manager who only on sunday repeated that he had "never heard of him" HBOS will be happy to get the money!
Caspar67
Leo Beenhakker must be desperate
Caspar67
your a v.funny guy caspar67, haha, bet you pull all the women with that patter eh?
GERS..72
Magic > Tragic.
R.K
Here's an even funnier one for you 72, 2nd division Brescia or the Huns? comedy at its funiest!
Caspar67
LMAO! Check mate!
R.K
tbh i found that descion baffling, obviously a player happy to remain in italy with a team with no real desire, hopefully it worked out for the best
GERS..72
good luck to magic great start but time to go any fee is good the 2mil helped us win the league in his first season
andyKGB
i agree, if its true we got half a million thats fantastic.
4leafclover
if hun7's maw put her prices up den she wudnt get done by all sorts of weird and wonderfull creatures hahaha hence how she produced hun7!! hahahaha! i sai his da was a pig! scott mcdonald had a farm eei eei ohhh! and on tht farm he had hun7 eei eei ohh but scottmcdonald beat him up eei eei ohh
celticbhoy67
Oh my. What terrible patter. If he only we could put him out his misery with a brick :)
LARSSON*7*CFC
That is the worst, unfunniest patter I have ever read. Dear Lord you should be taking a riddy celticbhoy. Oh, God! Someone take it away, it's too bad to look at again! Jesus Christ!
TDBhoy
hahaha u wudnt hav da baws 2 touch me ya wee inbred freak, but ill let ur maw touch away at me :D hows ur da anyway still oinkin away :D hahahaha lossssersss
celticbhoy67
this is just becoming farcial! the three of you are more in common with each other than you think. celticbhoy67 thank you for your welcoming and support since i came here but grow up son. the same for you larsson*7*cfc! the both of you are turning every article into a joke! show some matuirty please! can we go back to talk about celtic now?
Breen
It's impossible to conduct any sort of debate someone who actually types their words the way a ned from Brixton would speak. You're thanking a total buffoon for supporting your points, Breen, that's not too clever.
TDBhoy
dont even notice he's gone... magic
1888scott
Lets FIFA10

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