"The Lion" defender is going to Greece © EuroFootball.com

The official website of the team announced that defender Jean-Alain Boumsong will play for Greece next season.

The player, who has represented "Newcastle United" and Turin's "Juventus", has signed a three-year contract with the "Panathinaikos" club.

For the footballer born in Cameroon, the French team will receive a compensation of 500 thousand euros, which could rise to four million.

In the "Ligue 1" championship, Boumsong wore the "Lyon" jersey more than 50 times.