Vangelis Pavlidis he has long been sought after by Italian clubs but should ultimately continue his career at Benfica. The Greek striker, lethal in the last two seasons withAZ Alkmaar, gave an interview to the Business Review Greece podcast: “Football has become a business. Teams are companies and footballers have also become companies. And everyone is trying to improve, to make themselves known and to make money. Because ultimately for a footballer this is a job,” said the striker.
“Every footballer has his own logic and reasons. He chooses what he will do in his career. Many of the footballers who choose the path of Saudi Arabia I think do it to help their family, to have a better life in economic terms. Because it is It’s also very important for them, after the age of 35, to have security. And then these leagues grow thanks to the quality of the players who move there.
All people work to make money, you need money to live, to survive. You can’t just do it for fun, sometimes you have to get a little less romantic. Money could be the first criterion in the choice as it could be the second or third. My criterion is one: if they offer me a better job, I will go where they pay me more.”
