«In the last 13 years that I have had the honor of leading PAOK FC, I have been moving forward with the goal of keeping my promises.

Regardless of obstacles, difficulties and failures and with the only condition being the unity of the great PAOK family, we have achieved most of what we dreamed of and we will live the rest of our dreams in the same way.

Yesterday’s announcement by the PAOK Amateur Football Association, which was issued unjustifiably and without my knowledge, admittedly surprised me, but I leave it to the judgment of the hundreds of thousands of members of our family and history.

I have never thrown water at the mill of division.

The path we have taken has no return, and this course cannot be stopped.

The unity and clear relationship with the people, who live and breathe for PAOK, was, is and will always be my guide in the effort to make PAOK even greater in the coming years.

I had promised that I would bring joy to the Toumba and I kept my promise.

I am the one who initiated the idea of ​the New Toumba with actions and I will complete it. In this project of mine, if anyone wants to join me, their participation is welcome.

I stand by what I have said, this is my way of life. And for this reason I promoted the idea of ​​building the new stadium exclusively in the Toumba area, because that is where the heart of PAOK beats and we continue to move towards the realization of this goal.»

Ivan Savvidis,

17.06.2025