From this week's Flying Kiwis.
"A businessman called Bill Papas swept in and bought the club to clean things up and bring a bit of ambition to the club’s rebuild. But who is Bill Papas? Well, he’s the president of NPL side Sydney Olympic. An Australian dude. And pretty much the first proper thing he did as owner was to hire Tony Popovich to coach the team (along with a couple of his Perth Glory assistants).
There is an appeal from the club to try and restore their top flight status but those things don’t tend to be too successful so in the meantime they’re pretty much putting together a new squad from scratch. That includes a bunch of local players but it also reportedly includes Matt Jurman, Josh Brillante, Poppa’s two teenage sons... and now Callan Elliot who is expected to sign a three year contract."
Be interesting to see how that goes. Not sure Greek football fans would be that receptive to ideas their Australian coach was indulging in any hint of nepotism re team selections.
Apparently Xanthi were only relegated from the top flight (after 30 years there) due to being deducted 12 points, after some dodgy ownership transactions also involving PAOK. I'm sure their fans will be expecting a return straight back to the 1st tier. Could be an interesting season for Elliot.