The image of the owner of the English club Nottingham Forest, the Greek billionaire Evangelus Marinakis, accompanied by team coach Nuno Espritto Santo, has been social media during the past hours, but not only for sports reasons.
While Marinakis was publicly criticizing the coach of the team after the end of the match, the lenses of the photographers noticed a simple detail that sparked a wide wave of comments: the man whose wealth is estimated at billions of dollars is still using an old iPhone 8 phone, along with wire headphones, in a scene that some described as “unexpected” in the time of modern phones and wireless accessories.
The pioneers of the communication sites with the image interacted with irony and amazement, as one of them wrote: “Marinakis owns the iPhone 8 and wireless headphones … This is the most moment I loved in the whole scene.”
Another commented, “For this reason is rich.”
A third added: “Regardless of the amount of your wealth, preparing a new phone is still stressful.”
Another jokingly said: “I thought I was the only one who noticed it.”
Marinakis’s wealth is estimated at $ 5 billion, and is a marine shipping giants around the world.
It is noteworthy that the iPhone 8, which is acquired by the billionaire, was released in 2017, that is, 8 years ago, and its price today is only 100 dollars.
Controversy about his actions
On the other hand, Marinakis himself sparked widespread controversy, after he came to the field and directed direct criticism of the technical staff, which was described by the English “Sky Sports” analyst Gary Neville as “scandal”, calling on coach Nuno Santo to resign.
In a later statement, Marinakis tried to contain the situation, noting that the Nutingham Forest club “was part of his participation in European competitions for the first time in 30 years,” considering this “in fulfillment of the promise he made to the fans since the rise to the Premier League.”
Despite the controversy, it seems that the old phone has stolen the spotlight from the sports achievement and administrative tension alike.
