Ethniki is counting down to its return to official obligations, trying to heal the wounds left by the continuous failures, as well as the divorces with Markarian and Karagounis, but at the same time the processes continue for the next day.
And if things are a given for Nikos Dambiza, as we have revealed and many in the EPO want him in a staff role, something that Takis Fyssas had in the past, things for the coach remain fluid.
In the EPO, many names of coaches have been proposed that are for different budgets. The Federation, of course, is not going to follow the logic with a heavy contract, but Ranieri and the budget it will allocate will not exceed 500.000 euros. So we are talking about an advantageous choice, not only in the financial part, but also in the competitive part. In other words, he is looking for the man who will have the appetite to fight for a better National, will have the thirst to be distinguished and will know the Greek reality.
As you can understand, in addition to the proposals that have reached the offices of the Federation, the people of the EPO are also examining those cases that they had thought of before Sergio Markarian took over. And if George Donis has been abandoned as a case since he has a team, another one comes to mind and is none other than Timur Ketspaia.
At the EPO they clearly show their intention to go to the successful model of the past. For this reason, Girtzikis had a telephone contact with Fernando Santos to ask him for advice. They want to go to the model of the coach who will make the National based on the capabilities of the Greek footballer and not based on what he thinks is better. Claudio Ranieri believed that the National could play attacking football. To play something she was not taught and - to put it simply - was not in her DNA.
The EPO does not want this recipe. They want something from Rehagel and Santos. A tight, hard-working team that will play for the result and the substance and not for the eyes of the world. They were late, but they realized that the 1-0 and the lame-lame bowl may not have been liked by many, but it was highly effective and suited the temperament of the Greek footballer.
Many, therefore, consider Ketspaia to be an appropriate solution. He is a man who wants to return to the football news, he has a thirst and goals and he respects the National team, acknowledging what he has achieved. His desire to work for our representative band is a given. He had stated this in the recent past when his name had been heard (they wanted him at the EPO, but Karagounis's "I want" was preferred).
At that time, Markarian was preferred, for whom even Karagounis himself went so far as to say to his entourage that the best solution would be - in retrospect - Ketspaia, seeing that in the end the Uruguayan did not deliver what he expected (in psychological and competitive part).
Ketspaia is considered in the EPO and has several likes. It has many pluses, but also a big minus. His passage from Olympiakos and the "divorce" as a failure. Of course, the club is different and the National team is different. Olympiacos has other requirements and the representative team has other requirements. Especially now that, leaving behind the Euro qualifiers and looking in the long run at the World Cup, where the need to qualify for the finals is now considered imperative in order to regain the lost prestige and regain the trust of the people.
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