Levi Garcia renews contract with AEK Athens: 'He stays with us'

AFTER a successful 2022/2023 season, TT footballer Levi Garcia has renewed his contract with Greek club AEK Athens. He will remain with the club until 2028.

Garcia helped his team cop two pieces of silverware this season, winning both the Greek Super League – in which he bagged 14 goals – and the Greek Cup.

The Santa Flora-born footballer had told Newsday this season was "massive" and the best of his three years at the club.

Over the last few weeks, there have been many rumours of a top-flight French club wanting to snatch him from AEK.

However, in a Facebook post on Thursday, AEK confidently said: "Levi stays with us!

"Levi joined AEK from Beitar Jerusalem in the summer of 2020 and in the three years that followed, he played in 111 official matches and scored 32 goals. He is one of the main contributors to the great run of the 2022-23 season by winning the Double."

It quoted Garcia as saying the contract renewal is "very important" to him.

"We had amazing moments last season winning the double. We have very great matches ahead of us and we have to continue the successes and experience great moments again. Only AEK!"