“Ioannidis brought Kokkalis to Olympiakos and not the other way around». This was revealed by Giannis Giannakis, a close associate of Giannis Ioannidis.
“The reborn of the club’s basketball team was the one and only, Giannis Ioannidis. There is no one else. I will say it here on the Municipal Radio of Piraeus so that the world of Olympiakos knows it, and if it is not true let Sokratis Kokkalis deny it“, the former Team Manager of the “Red Whites” initially reported on the municipal radio “Channel One 90.4” and added:
“Sokratis Kokkalis was brought to Olympiakos by Yiannis Ioannidis and not the other way around. It is something known to all the people who were then next to the president. Ioannidis met Sokratis Kokkalis at a social event and they started talking about the team. He told him the famous: “You should only sponsor Olympiakos”, since there were no properties in basketball.
Discussing with him, he explained that “as Ioannidis, when I go fishing, I spend X percent of my salary on bait.” Since you are so rich, then your sponsorship of Olympiakos should be proportional to the size of the club”».
Giannis Giannakis concluded, saying: “Sokratis Kokkalis was convinced in one night by Yannis Ioannidis to take over the basketball of Olympiakos. On one day Kokkalis took the team and on the other he brought Ioannidis as coach».
Source: Sport Fm
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