For commendable initiative he undertook – for his financial support Costas Nikolaidis– spoke to News Bulletin 247 The Stelios Manolas.
In the conversation with them Vaio Tsoutsikas, Tasos Nikologiannis and Costas Ketsetzoglouexplained her motivations auction for the jersey in which he retired from the AEK.
So he pointed out that it was the less which he could do (in collaboration with others veterans of the club) for a man who wrote history in “Union” and stayed on the road due to fires.
What Stelios Manolas said in detail
“I am a player who has not changed ten teams, I only played in one throughout my career. The jersey I retired in has the number “29” because “4” had it at that time o Anton Dombosa very good boy and a good player.
I had given this shirt to the caretaker George Psarogiannis, an excellent kid who spent years at AEK. So one night when we went out to eat the veterans, the conversation came to him Costas Nikolaidis. His house burned to the ground in the fires, even the roof fell, he didn’t even have clothes to wear. I went to Kryoneri and found him walking in the rain. I say to him “Hey Kostas, what are you doing”, he says “Hey Stelios, what should I do, I have gone mad“. So I told him “we will.” let’s help” and we started some actions.
Here I must say that he is greatly missed Stelios Serafeidis and in this piece. Because he had a chance to knock on doors when someone – not only a football player – needed financial support aid. I don’t have that, I knocked on 1-2 doors, one opened, but it closed immediatelyI do not know why.
When we talk about Kostas Nikolaidis, we talk about a player who is fifth scorer in the history of AEK and beyond that, an excellent one family man and man. This bad thing happened to him and he was literally left on the road.
I went one day to the construction site where he is trying to rebuild the house and I saw him to work 80 years old. That is why all veterans have mobilized. And Lakis Nikolaou and Nikos Pantazis and other people and of course the Sports Arena who conducts the auction. And I’m very glad because it already shows to have succeeded the process”.
Source: Sport Fm
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