Posts Tagged ‘Greece’

Kostas Manolas Not Leaving Roma in the Summer

Roma’s sporting director Monchi says that there is no possibility of the club deciding to part company with defender Kostas Manolas in the last few days of the transfer window. The defender has been linked with a move to Chelsea and Arsenal throughout this summer. Both clubs are in need of a centre back. Back…Continue Reading…

ARSENAL, CHELSEA IN FACE-OFF FOR PAPASTATHOPOULOS

Media reports claim that Arsenal is keeping close tabs on SokratisPapastathopoulos, Borussia Dortmund’s centre-back. Football news outlet Goalhas it that in order to sign on the player, Arsenal will be met with stiff competition from fellow London rivals, Chelsea. Sokratis recently hinted that he would not mind making a move away from the European giants,…Continue Reading…

NOTTINGHAM FOREST SOLD TO MARINAKIS

EvangelosMarinakis who is from Greece is the new owner of Nottingham Forest after the English Football League (EFL) approved of the deal. The business magnate is facing allegations of match fixing in his native but he has been cleared by the directors of the club and the EFL to go ahead with the deal. Marinakis…Continue Reading…

THE MAN WHO SCORED OLYMPIACOS’ FIRST UCL GOAL

Stylianos Giannakopoulos but well known as Steliosis a retired Greek football star who has been quite vocal about the violence in Greek football. He is considered to be one of the most talented football stars to have emerged in the Greek international scene. His father Alekos Giannakopoulosretired after playing Division A football. Alekos fueled his…Continue Reading…

Greek Administration slammed by FIFA

There have been some serious accusations imposed on the Greek soccer administrators by the committee which was entrusted by FIFA with the job of looking into the irregularities in the Hellenic Federation. Because of the fact that the Hellenic Federation was not being run properly and was violating many guidelines of FIFA, a committee was…Continue Reading…

Kostas ManolasCould Have Joined Arsenal in The Summer for €40 Million, Claims Agent

Roma reportedly turned down the advances of Arsenal for defender Kostas Manolas in the summer. The Greek international has become one of the most wanted players in this January transfer window. He has been linked with every major club in European football like Manchester United and Arsenal. Aware of the interest from such top clubs,…Continue Reading…

FIFA TAKES OVER GREEK FOOTBALL FEDERATION

In a fax signed by Fatma Samoura, the Secretary General of the World football governing body, FIFA, and sent to the Greek Federation, the body says they would be appointing a normalization committee to take over the Greek Football Federation. This means that henceforth, the daily affairs of the crisis hit federation would be handled…Continue Reading…

FINALLY READY TO PLAY

The top division Football in Greece had not begun on time this summer as the Government was at loggerheads with the national governing body of the game, but, the dispute has now settled as the permission has been granted for the competition to begin after a delay of about 20 days. The reason of the…Continue Reading…

NOTTINGHAM FOREST SET TO BE SOLD IN ONE MONTH

The owner of Nottingham Forest Fawaz Al Hasawi has confirmed that the sale of the club will proceed as planned and could be completed in less than a month. Greece national Evangelos Marinakis, who has several allegations against him in his home country of fixing matches and running a criminal organization, is the likely buyer…Continue Reading…

FANS TO BE PUNISHED FOR BEHAVIOUR IN AUSTRALIA-GREECE FRIENDLY

The international friendly played between the Socceroos and Greece was marred with flares from the fans at the Etihad Stadium. The friendly ended with each team winning each leg in a two-leg game. A number of fans attended the game and lift flares in Melbourne’s Central Business District before the game and another was set…Continue Reading…