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Popovic heads to Greece as Aussie trio bid to revive battling Xanthi – The World Game
Tony Popovic will reunite with former Western Sydney Wanderers protege Arthur Diles in a bid to revive the flagging fortunes of relegation-threatened Greek Super League side Xanthi.
With his exit from Perth Glory sealed, Popovic will jet off imminently to Europe to take charge of the club just purchased by the president of NPL outfit Sydney Olympic, Bill Papas.
Xanthi lost the first leg of a promotion-relegation playoff against Apollon Smirnis 1-0 overnight, and could find themselves in the second tier when the Popovic-Diles tag-team take up residence in northern Greece.
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