Vangelis Marinakis has resigned from the presidency of the Super League

Vangelis Marinakis resigned from the presidency of the Super League with the opening of the board of the organizing authority, before the no-confidence proposal submitted by AEK, Panathinaikos, PAOK and Aris was discussed and would be discussed among the board of directors. the league.

This means that the organizing authority is now entering a new era and on the next board. We are expected to have a new chairman in the Super League.

Vangelis Marinakis made his decision known through a letter read to the board without taking part in the conference call, with Costas Karapapa representing the Red and Whites.

“Athens, December 12, 2023

Men’s,

On the issue of violence in sport in recent days, I would like to make it clear to all of you that I unequivocally condemn all forms of violence both in society and in football and that this will be shown by me and my team with actions and not empty words and announcements .

After the firecracker incident, we investigated, identified the perpetrator and banned him from our stadium for life. At the same time, we installed high-resolution cameras ahead of the relevant government announcements.

I also remind you that I had the honor of being the first club president to organize a European final directly with UEFA, without the national association, with great success and in compliance with the highest security standards, and I must congratulate you on that.

We are the first to report cases of betting and corruption in football and we want the knife to get to the bone and the truth to come out in all cases. This is the only way to free football from the criminal elements that are destroying it.

As president of the league, I have provided the cooperative, which is about to be dissolved, with 9 million euros, the largest sponsorship in the history of the Super League, which ensured its continued existence.

I started to find resources from betting, not only for the teams that need them, and I tried to create a professional refereeing system that would ensure both the referees and equality in football, and all that with the consent of the vast majority of teams. You see, the arbitration situation is unprecedented. But it also seems that some people don’t want to change it.

Professional arbitration has never been implemented, even though it is a state law, because some simply don’t want equality.

We have reduced and returned the amounts that leave our teams and end up in the EPO’s coffers.

We asked the EPA for an audit to see where the teams’ millions were going, and even on the Super League board some didn’t want transparency.

Although we agreed on the full implementation of the Holistic Study, its implementation was undermined for reasons of expediency.

I am sad to see that some people think we should not continue and I have neither the time nor the desire to commit to football in an institutional role, as some people want and not as I imagine .

I have neither the time nor the inclination to continue to deal with the cooperative administratively because the words of some board members do not match their actions.

Good luck everyone”