Kostoulas Became a Record-Breaking Sale of 40+ Million Euros, as the Result of a Mammoth Investment of Over €60,000,000

lmost 60,000,000 euros. This is the amount that Vangelis Marinakis has spent/invested in Olympiacos’ Academy and training facilities, in infrastructure intended for the youth department’s children. The amount is not excessive. It is… modest. But above all, it is indicative of what has been happening in European football over the last two years.

With the Red-Whites starring at the U19 football level, either as European champions or as a team producing elite footballers.
The fact that Babis Kostoulas became the most expensive transfer in the history of Greek football, as well as in the whole of Southeastern Europe (note: excluding Italy), is the result of everything that has been done over these 15 years of his presence at the administrative helm of the Red-Whites. Naturally, also the fact that the famous red-white reservoir has already produced Konstantis Tzolakis and Christos Mouzakitis at the highest level of Europe’s top young footballers. Plus, of course, that it is preparing to do the same with diamonds like Antonis Papakanellos, Fanis Bakoulas, Argyris Liatsikouras, and Stavros Pnevmonidis who are following. Classmates of Kostoulas and winners of the Youth League 2024.

Because Olympiacos paid, suffered, and now learned what it needs to do to create