Kostas Manolas is now officially a football player of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The former Olympiakos defender signed a two-year contract with the Dubai club and it was announced.

His new club Sharjah presented him as an ancient Greek warrior with a shield on the team’s social media! “A Greek warrior in our team. We welcome the Greek defender from Olympiakos who has signed for the next two years”, says the announcement.

Following the official announcement, the team from the United Arab Emirates organised a photo shoot and video with the Greek defender that involved a real lion!

لاعب الشارقة مانولاس و الاسد 🦁
— مافيها مصخرة 😆 pic.twitter.com/zM6Tk5OnTJ

— UAE Sport News 🇦🇪 (@action_news) September 26, 2022

The shoot was produced in a football stadium with the lion tied to a small pole only a few metres away from the former Olympiakos player.

The “king of the jungle” may have been calm during most of the photo shoot, but at one point the great “cat” suddenly let out a loud roar making startling Manolas who jump back in fear.

Kostas Manolas will receive 4.5 million euros for the two years he will stay in the UAE.

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