Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, direktor Centra za međunarodne i evropske studije na Univerzitetu Kadir Has međutim, tvrdi da sport nikada nije postao "dio diplomatije približavanja" između Grčke i Turske, iako je bio niz popularnih igrača koji su u obje zemlje imali na hiljade sljedbenika.
Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, director of the Center for International and European Studies at Kadir Has University, says, however, that sports never became "a part of rapprochement diplomacy" between Greece and Turkey, although there have been a number of popular players who had thousands of followers in both countries.