AN OLD photo of that hinted Ange Postecoglou could become the next Nottingham Forest manager has been unearthed.
The photo shows the ex-Tottenham boss having a meal with Olympiakos bigwigs Panagiotis Kone and Giannis Papadopoulos – who were formerly working at AEK Athens.
Postecoglou arrived in Greece at the start of June for a summer break that would eventually spark a move to the City Ground.
Most of his holiday was spent in the Athens area, while he visited the beautiful island of Paros as well as Crete – where Evangelos Marinakis’ family has ties to.
Postecoglou was still in charge of Spurs at the time of the holiday in the country he was born and lived in until age five.
He was aware at the time that he was on thin ice at Tottenham after a roller-coaster season saw them win the Europa League but finish all the way down in 17th in the top-flight.
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Two days before the official news that the club were parting ways with, Postecoglou dusted off his networking skills.
He met with Panagiotis Kone, the former sporting director of AEK Athens (the man in the white t-shirt) and Giannis Papadopoulos (man in the black t-shirt).
Papadopoulos was one a bitter enemy of the Marinakis empire having had his own links to AEK before the dynamic changed and they became close allies.
Five weeks after that dinner date, Postecoglou returned to Vouliagmeni for an evening to mark the launch of the new Greek Super League season.
He was the guest of honour and Marinakis marked the occasion with a speech congratulating him for becoming the first Greek-born manager to win a European trophy in men’s football.
Marinakis said: “Ange has spoken many times about Greece,
“It is very important for a person to be proud and shout about their origins.
“He achieved it (the Europa League) with a team that was not winning titles and was struggling.
“With this success, he made Greece proud. He is a very good coach and wherever he goes, he will continue to have success and make Greece proud.”
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