April 3- A group of Olympiakos players have been fined €400,000 and ordered to go on holiday for the rest of the season by club president Evangelos Marinakis following a string of poor results.
Marinakis, who also owns Nottingham Forest, was angry at Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Levadiakos even though it only left the defending Greek league champions in third place.
“I will build Olympiakos from the beginning and it will become the team we are dreaming of,” Marinakis was quoted in the Greek media as telling the players. “I and the rest of the fans have tolerated you enough. You will leave today and go on holiday.”
He said very few in the current squad will be retained for the final three matches of the campaign, with replacements to be called up from the U20 team.
“The amateur teams live with the basics, they love Olympiakos and their supporters much more than you do,” he added. “You think more about the nice houses you live in and your cars and don’t care about the team. I pay millions for you to have everything. With your actions I fired three coaches. But at the end it looks like you were at fault.”
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