Bremen and Aris resolve Charisteas dispute
Wednesday, February 20, 2002
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Angelos Charisteas will join SV Werder Bremen after Bremen and FC Aris Thessaloniki agreed terms.
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Greek international Angelos Charisteas will join SV Werder Bremen in July after a dispute between his former club FC Aris Thessaloniki and the German side was resolved.
Terms agreed
In a meeting on Tuesday, Bremen's board and Aris president John Zahoudanis finally agreed terms for Charistea's transfer. The Greek international will now definitely move to Germany on 1 July 2002 under the same conditions as initially announced.
Get-out clause
On 28 January, Charisteas announced his transfer to Bremen for €3m, referring to a get-out clause in his contract with the Greek club allowing him to obtain a release from the club. However, Aris refused to accept the move and threatened to take action.
