Ouzounidis arrived in Thessaloniki for Aris

First Athens and then Thessaloniki Marinos Ouzounidis. The Greek coach, after meeting on Wednesday afternoon with the president of PAE Aris, Thodoros Karypidis, went up to Thessaloniki, so that on Thursday he could “get to work” ahead of Sunday’s match between the “yellows” and Panserraikos at “Kleanthis Vikelidis” for the 15th matchday of the Stoiximan Super League.

The Macedonian coach is expected to be announced on Thursday by the “yellow” PAE.

Upon his arrival in the co-capital, the former coach of Panathinaikos, AEK stressed that:

“It was not in my mind to return to Greece and everything happened so suddenly. The meeting I had with Mr. Karipides made me change my mind. I saw that things are different. I could already see that Mars has changed level. So, the best opportunity for me to return to Greece was to accept this offer.

Ares is a very large union. They are already a very good team. A team that has goals. So what I have to do is to try, together with my players, to maintain and try to improve some things that we want, so that we can go even higher.”

As for whether it will take time: “You don’t have time for football. I can’t ask for time. I have a picture. The truth is that in previous years I didn’t watch Greek football that much, but during this time, because it was my choice not to work in the summer because I was away for several years and I would like to spend time with my family, I watched several games of Aris as well .

Aris was one of the teams that played the best football. From now on, we’ll see… This is not the time to say big words. In football, the more you say, the more you find in front of you. What I can say is that I am happy to coach Aris. Like I said, Aris is already a very good team and I’m looking forward to meeting and working with my players. The rest on the field.”