Ari Bouloubassis

Co-Host of 2024 FCA Best International Podcast Finalist Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl - AHEPA Supreme Governor Reg. 2 - AHEPA Past District 3 Governor

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

The closer you look at Popovic, the more impressive his last season looks.

Solid reflexes and effective when leaving the box. At 25 years old there’s plenty of value potential and maybe even a source of competition for Tzolakis.

#OlympiacosFC #Transfers

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

Balsa Popovic comes to us as a backup following an impressive season in Serbia.

Wyscout ranks Popovic as the top keeper in the Serbian league for the 25/26 season. With the 2nd highest shots against, Popovic managed to make enough saves to prevent over 12 additional goals for OFK Beograd.

This is a quality backup to have.

#OlympiacosFC #Transfers

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

🧤 Popovic expected in Greece at 15:45 today ! #olympiacosfc

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

Olympiacos owner Vangelis Marinakis will be running again on Tuesday to continue as President of the Greek Superleague Board of Directors.

It is unclear who is opponent will be but in addition to the elections, there will be discussion over next season's format, VAR, and Goal-line camera technology.

#OlympiacosFC #slgr

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

September Transfer History For Olympiacos, Final Edition

September 2025
Gustavo Mancha - September 1st
Daniel Podence - September 2nd

September 2024
Willian - September 3rd
Sergio Oliveira - September 5th
Yusuf Yazici - September 28th

September 2023
Ola Solbakken - September 2nd
Daniel Podence - September 5th
Stevan Jovetic - September 5th
Giulian Biancone - September 19th

September 2022
Pep Biel - September 1st
Josh Bowler - September 1st(Forest signed, loaned to us)
Marcelo - September 3rd
James Rodriguez - September 15th
Cedric Bakambu - September 16th
Diadie Samassekou - September 16th
Alexandros Paschalakis - September 29th
Pajtim Kasami - September 30th

September 2021
Garry Rodrigues - September 18th

Hopefully we are not waiting to do a lot of our business in September....

#OlympiacosFC #Transfers

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

August Transfer History For Olympiacos

We never intended to do this for every month, just wanted to show that almost nothing gets done in June. But since everyone keeps asking, here's the list of August transfers in the past 5 years for Olympiacos.

August 2025
Mehdi Taremi - August 31st

August 2024
David Carmo - August 26th

August 2023
Jackson Porozo - August 2nd
Sotiris Alexandropoulos - August 3rd
Ayoub El Kaabi - August 6th
Ivan Brnic - August 18th
Gustavo Scarpa - August 18th
Santiago Hezze - August 19th
Omar Richards - August 25th
Francisco Ortega - August 27th

August 2022
Konrad De La Fuente - August 13th
Ui-Jo Hwang - August 26th
Panos Retsos - August 31st(loan)

August 2021
Henry Onyekuru - August 1st
Rony Lopes - August 17th
Michal Karbownik - August 28th

Turns out a lot of the business we thought was done in August was actually done in September. So I guess I have to do another one of these now 😅

#OlympiacosFC #Transfers #slgr

[Ari Bouloubassis @aristidis06]

The mental gymnastics of some people are wild. If you’ve been complaining about Mendi getting his picks you cannot be upset that he’s getting what he wants.

This has been expected since December.

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

The renewal we have been expecting since December is official.

Dani Garcia will remain with the club for an additional season. He has been one of Mendi's trusted players when things get tough.

#OlympiacosFC #Renewal

[Ari Bouloubassis @aristidis06]

@RedSeaPodcast @Thrylos7Intl Nothing has changed. He has the same probability of arrival as before.

Not expecting much to happen before July 1st

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

June Transfer History For Olympiacos

June 2026
Fortounis - free
Pablo Maffeo - €3 million

June 2025
Remy Cabella - free

June 2024
-

June 2023
-

June 2022
-

This club does not do business in June. We do more business in September than we ever have in June with most of it coming in August.

#OlympiacosFC #slgr #Transfers

[Ari Bouloubassis @aristidis06]

Dani García hasnt been announced for renewal yet but he’s coming to preseason.

Wonder what they’re waiting for 🤔

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

Olympiacos’ preseason starts 29/6 at Renti with medical + fitness tests, before the squad leaves for Vlaardingen, Netherlands on 3/7.

Main camp: 3-11 July & 15-25 July.

Mendilibar’s first list has some clear inclusions — and some notable absences. 🔴⚪️

Included in the first preseason list:

GK: Tzolakis, Stournaras, Kouraklis
CB: Retsos, Pirola, Carmo, signing and/or Koutsidis
RB: Maffeo
LB: Bruno, Ortega
CM: Hezze, Mouzakitis, Scipioni, Nascimento, Dani García(contract expired yet renewal not annouced yet...)

Attack/midfield options listed:
Gelson Martins, Fortounis, André Luís, Rodinei, Strefezza, Masouras, Chiquinho

Strikers: Clayton, Yaremchuk, Aggelakis

Yaremchuk is expected to join in the Netherlands on 3/7 unless Lyon’s interest changes things.

Not currently in the plan for Netherlands:

Betancor
Rúben Vezo(contract expiring)
possibly Rémy Cabella.

Gustavo Mancha expected to stay at Rio Ave.
Nikos Athanasiou expected to remain at OFI.
Liatsikouras, Papakanellos & Bakoulas ➡️ OUT

Siozios is under consideration.

Via @sport24

#OlympiacosFC #preseason

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

Seven years of heart, sacrifice and loyalty to the red and white jersey.

When Shaquielle McKissic arrived in Piraeus in 2020, nobody could have imagined the bond that would be created between a player, a city and a fanbase. Through victories, defeats, celebrations, injuries, Final Fours and unforgettable nights at SEF, one thing never changed:

Shaq was always there.

Always ready to fight.
Always ready to run through a wall for the team.
Always ready to give every last ounce of energy for the coach, his teammates and the people in the stands..

He quickly became “Shaq Attack”!

The longest-serving foreign player in Olympiacos basketball history. One of the greatest Americans ever to represent this club. A player whose passion and energy could ignite an arena and whose commitment never wavered, no matter the role, no matter the challenge.

He gave us moments we’ll never forget.
Dunks and transition plays running down hill that shook SEF - from day one!!
Defence that inspired teammates.
Emotion that embody what it means to play for Olympiacos.

But more than anything, he gave us loyalty.

In an era where players come and go, McKissic stayed. He chose Olympiacos again and again. And in return, Olympiacos became his home.

All good things come to an end.

But some relationships are too special to ever truly end.

Thank you for every hustle play.
Thank you for every dunk.
Thank you for every battle.
Thank you for seven unforgettable seasons.

Once a Red. Always a Red.

❤️🤍 @smck40

Seven seasons.
One jersey.
One home.

#olympiacos #olympiacosbc #euroleague #mckissic

📸 Eurokinissi | Klodian Lato , Sotiris Dimitripoulos

[Ari Bouloubassis @aristidis06]

@SpyrosPl370 That still doesn’t invalidate duel win rates or possession adjusted stats.

But ideally you are correct. Just takes longer for me to put together as I have ti manually count individual successes vs him as an individual.

Still doesn’t speak to his profile and thoughts on bad fit

[Ari Bouloubassis @aristidis06]

I think this is the worst bubble I’ve ever done.

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

Based on what’s being written, you get the feeling that we’re moving closer to signing Mendilibar’s preferred backup RCB, Domingos Duarte.

Outside of his aerial ability, there isn’t much that stands out for this player.

Maybe when we look deeper the outlook changes, but as it stands it would be a disappointment if we lose out on a younger project with potential like Smajlovic and move to a Mendi-preferred Spanish veteran like Duarte.

#OlympiacosFC #Getafe #Transfers

[Ari Bouloubassis @aristidis06]

@PTsapat Charisteas στην άμυνα

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

Since the announcement we keep getting asked about how this will impact FFP/FSR.

The short answer is, it does not.

Stadium reconstruction costs are not included in those figures, but in the future if the debt from financing the reconstruction are not honored then we would have issues.

#OlympiacosFC

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

Olympiacos has taken the first step toward the “New Karaiskakis,” a €250M+ privately funded redevelopment that will expand capacity beyond 50,000 seats and create Greece’s largest, most modern football stadium.

Olympiacos's team of technical consultants and architects presented the proposal today. It was unanimously approved by Piraeus’ Municipal Council.

Previously it was reported that the new expansion would be done in the style of San Mames, so here's an AI concept rendering!

#OlympiacosFC #NewKaraiskakis

[Thrylos 7 International @Thrylos7Intl]

Newly promoted side Kalamata is securing loans for 2 of Olympiacos's academy products. (@sport24)

19 year old box to box midfielder Argyrios Liatsikouras and 18 year old winger/AM Erik Hamza look to be joining Kalamata on loan for the coming season.

Liatsikouras's loan has been coming for awhile since we reported months ago that the player was not rated by Mendilibar. Erik Hamza's loan is a more of a surprise.

Hopefully both players get significant minutes this season.

#OlympiacosFC #Kalamata #Transfers

[Ari Bouloubassis @aristidis06]

@umuttgunerr Hahahhaahahhahahahah

Arrogance the undoing again. A common theme for your leadership and national team!

[Ari Bouloubassis @aristidis06]

Turkish government is afraid of gay people is this a joke?

Even with Greece’s low media freedom Turkey ranks lower and has LESS media freedom.

You lose again

[Sezen Ada @bluemoonyellows]

@moderatus_gr @PolitikoZwo There are serious concerns about democracy and freedom in Greece

[Ari Bouloubassis @aristidis06]

Hilarious because even though Greece is the least free press in Europe it still measures higher than Turkey in every measure of democracy

Have to keep the uneducated trolls honest.

[Sezen Ada @bluemoonyellows]

Greece, which has been an EU member state for decades, ranks last that is, 27th among the 27 EU member states in terms of freedoms and democracy! Since the concepts of democracy and freedom do not exist in Greece, it is in no position to lecture a country that is not an EU member state!