For his team Olympicthe transcriptions, as well as the plan for the new “Karaiskakis”, spoke by the Vice President and General Manager of the “red and white” PAE, Kostas Karapapas.
A guest on a broadcast of Olympiacos fans abroad, Costas Karapapas said, among other things, that the Piraeus intends to invest 60 million euros to increase the capacity in “Karaiskakis”.
Karapapa’s statements
To prepare Olympiacos: “For the first time no crushing was made. There are always preparations. We had bad singers. None of the new ones know. Tragic. The preparation went very well. And relationships between players and Staff is excellent. I think we are at our best. The group is fantastic. We did an experiment with these two difficult games in the end in Italy. The president and Mendilibar wanted to win Napoli and Inter. I said I’m happy because we showed that we have the level. I think if we had the original 11th and our five changes would be different. But in both matches I saw a team pushing 90 minutes. “
For Campia: “We’ve wanted him for years. We explained to him what we wanted from him. He is a great personality. He told us, “OK, you want me for 20 minutes to be like Valbuena, I know it, but I won’t be Valbuena, I’ll play the whole game.” It has the right mindset. He is friends with many in the club. He is from Corsica and is friend with Montes. When we played with Krasnodar, after that game, we were close. Many times. He got good contracts in Montpellier and Lille and now at Olympiacos. This year he wanted to come. He said on his own, so he did so quickly in two days. He did not want to hear other suggestions he said that “I have to play at Olympiacos, we are discussing the year.”
For Kalogeropoulos: “We have been watching him 12 years old since he was in Tripoli. He is a leader in all national teams from K12 until now. He went to Volos for two years and was one of the best defenders in the Greek league. A fighter. And I’m happy because he was “torn” to Olympiacos. We don’t talk about him enough, but football discusses him. It has the mentality and the hardness. He needs to work on the regular piece and works with Mendilibar on it. It will be a good addition, they are Greek. It’s another to play in Volos and another at Olympiacos. At Olympiacos more than 50% of the game you have to do a build up. In Volos you play like a samurai – you drive the ball. It has to change chips. It works hard and is in good shape. “
For Sylaidopoulos: “Sotiris is a big project for us. Not just for Rio Aves. Sotiris may one day be the coach of Olympiacos. It is part of our project overall, worldwide. “
For which Greek player he would get: “Constantelia. I really liked it as a character. He is respectful, he is a good character. “
For transcriptions: “There is a pattern in transcripts. The transcripts are difficult and then Mr. Marinakis calls, and finally. But when we got Marcelo, the EPO wanted to close and not pass the transfer. It was three minutes before midnight and I called the EPO and told the person in charge that I was in the office in Piraeus and signed Marcelo. So, put the paper on the FIFA system to pass the transfer to be okay, you have three minutes. Please, it will be a shame for Greek football with this personality, not because the EPO cannot press a button. Do you want to be the man who canceled Marcelo’s transfer? In the latest system we saw that Marcelo’s transfer spent 23.59 and 2 seconds. “
For Karaiskaki: “There are still discussions. We are talking about investment close to 60 million euros. It is thought that Olympiacos has a stadium close to 50,000 capacity. “