Hiring him Giannis Papadimitriou as technical director Panathinaic PAE was announced on Saturday afternoon.

As the Greens stated in their official statement, “…Mr. Papadimitriou is already working with management and technical management to implement the team’s transfer plan.”

As you know, Giannis Papadimitriou was the technical director at Xanthi and AEK, where he later became the executive director.

Panathinaikos decided from the first day when Ivan Jovanovic took over the reins of Panathinaikos (in May 2021) to move to a model without a technical director, where all responsibilities and all decisions – from the smallest to the most important issues within the football scheme – passed through the hands of the Serbian technique.

However, over the course of these two years, it has become clear that Jovanovic is taking on too much work – even on simple matters – and he will need another manager ahead of next season to relieve him of his day-to-day activities. life (out of competition) and strengthen the work of the football department as a whole.

The hiring of Giannis Papadimitriou was based on his experience in relevant positions in Xanthi and AEK, his knowledge of the Greek and foreign markets and his ability to cooperate “calmly”, with a low tone but also with very good results, together with the respective coach. team in which he worked.

The whole question of hiring the CTO was discussed for several days in a meeting that Giannis Alafouzos had with Ivan Yovanovitch earlier in the week, and it was decided to proceed with a specific process with clear roles and responsibilities.