Boussis: “Get the Cup – OFI is independent, I want a stadium in Crete with 15,000 seats”

In the newspaper “LIGHT” interviewed the Michalis Boussis.

OFI’s strong man naturally referred to the big Cup final against Olympiacos, but also to the dream of making a new stadium.

In detail everything he said:

President, I imagine your anxiety before the final:

“I am anxious before every OFI match, let alone before the final. It’s a big race for us, we had a dream to reach the final and not only to get to the cup. “

Make me forecast:

“It’s a match and in one match a lot can be done. We play with a very strong opponent, an opponent in whom I have great respect. It will be a great achievement for us to do the best we can and to lift the cup. “

How much of OFI are you waiting for?

“I think we will have 22,000 OFI fans. It is not only those who will come from Crete, they are also Cretans who live in the capital. Only from Crete will be more than 10,000 people and it is a great achievement because it is not easy to come from Crete. You don’t get into a car and drive, it wants boats or airplanes. I greatly respect the effort of OFI fans who will come from Crete. “

Clean football, do you give a 30% to your team?

“We are a team with good players who can defeat anyone but also lose from anyone. This is football and that’s why it’s nice. How many chances did you get to Olympiacos Conteenz? But here’s my friend Vangelis! And Olympiacos’ thumbs up and I wish other Greek teams would do it, because we deserve as a country. When I came from America and investing in OFI, it was also for patriotic reasons! As a Greek of the diaspora, I wanted to do something good for Greece, to help raise the level. While I had many who told me not to deal! New stadiums are being made in Greece, AEK made, Panathinaikos will make, I hope PAOK will be more beautiful in Greece. “

Are you on a chariot?

“When I got OFI, with the first man I spoke to the first months was Dimitris Melissanidis. I consider him my very friend, I love him, he’s treating me very well. He made the AEK stadium, the coach, left a story. What he did for AEK could not do it another AEKzis. I have very good relationships with Mr. Savvides. I have no problem with Mr. Alafouzos. And Vangelis Marinakis is a very friend of mine and we have family relationships! And with the other presidents I have good relations. But I don’t want to hear the word “chariot”. OFI is independent and is the first thing I wanted to do, to be proud of our fans. “

Kalamata’s Prassas told me in an interview that you are a childhood friends from Chicago. Is it true?

“Yes, we are also lords, he has baptized my little son.”

Did you get upset about Kalamata?

“I was upset because this man has invested a lot of money in Kalamata too, but football is. Kifissia went only for the victory, did not play for the tie, and congratulations on what she did. And Mr. Pritsas puts money on his team, but people have to help him, with 100 and 200 tickets. I wish Kalamata goes up next year. “

What is your dream about OFI?

“Slowly it becomes a reality. I wanted a Greek group to stand on its own feet alone, independent of tanks you say, to be proud of Crete and Hellenism. I don’t mind if you are Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, AEK, PAOK, I want to like OFI as the second team. And of course OFI has many fans who are only OFI. Our presence in the final already creates a new generation of OFI fans in Heraklion and Crete. “

Do you want to make a stadium?

“In Greece things always make things more difficult than they are … Unfortunately we have done a lot in the training center and we want to do even more, but for 7 years I am struggling to get some acres next to the training to make more, with no result. I respect Mr Arnaoutakis, whatever he has said, to see, has promised a € 10 million budget for a new stadium in OFI. But we can’t find an area to make it. The dream I have is to build a 12,000-15,000-seat stadium in OFI. It can be 20,000 in the future. “

But they do not reach 10 million for this. Are you determined to put a lot of money out of your pocket?

“We also have an exchange of land with the stadium we are playing now and which is in the city – and whatever money we need to put, we will put it. It is the only way for OFI to grow. Now we play with Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, AEK, we can’t host their fans, they don’t fit. With the new stadium we will have much more tickets and suites and canteens and restaurants, cafes, will be even stronger. It will not only be for football matches, it will be like in the US, for fun all week – from concerts to various events. We have done everything else: Sales of football players we do, sponsors, we are financially strengthened, but we need a modern stadium, big. Even a hotel can be made across the stadium. “

Do you sell the mind?

“The mind will only be sold if we get the right money.”

How much is the right money?

“It’s not something I want to say publicly. I believe that if it is sold, it will be sold abroad, because in Greece the big teams when they go to buy a player from the middle teams think they do you gracefully! I want to go to a team that will use, work, play and improve and bring us more resale revenue. “

Will you put resale rate?

“I always put on. And I put in the Manda. “

Amount;

“One 10%”.

Did you sell him cheaply with 1 million? He plays in the Campionato.

“We are now selling players from 1 million or more. I remember when I first got 1 million for the sale of Figiri, his manager told me: “And when did you sell OFI again for 1 million?” From somewhere you start and build. And Olympiacos could not sell to the authorities as expensive as he sells now. He built it. “

Have you made a proposal from Greece for the mind?

“All the big teams are interested! Ask Mr. Rodinei who is one of the best right side in the league. When he tells you ” I can’t do this player well, ” for the mind, something means. “

Have you thought about putting for mayor in Heraklion?

“No”.

You would come out. Here came Panourgias Papaioannou Mayor in Lamia through football:

“(Smiles) I can go out, but it’s not within my goals. I would like the government to do something to support the ordinary Greek citizen. “