Revelations about how Giorgos Bogris left Promitheas Patras have come to light through witness testimony regarding the scandal that erupted in Greek basketball, involving allegations of match-fixing. According to a witness, Vangelis Liolios wanted to get rid of the former international center, and the witness implies that he was pushed out through refereeing decisions against him, which… were ordered from above.
“Toward the end of 2019, Prometheus wanted to sign Giorgos Bogris, who was coming off a very strong season in Spain and had high financial demands. They asked me to put them in touch with him.
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I arranged a meeting for them in Piraeus. At the meeting, they negotiated his transfer to Prometheus and signed a contract. Two months later, Mr. Liolios was very dissatisfied with Bogris’s performance. George called me, furious, and said, “The president absolutely wants us to get rid of Bogris. Do whatever you can.” I told him it was difficult but asked for some time.
I explained that professional contracts contain clauses and that the contract cannot be changed after just two months. Then they told me that if a player receives a certain number of technical fouls, a very high fine is imposed on him. Later, I saw a video from the next game in which the referee appeared to give Giorgos Bogris a technical foul for no reason.”
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