Marinakis calls the tune at Nottingham Forest but what is his endgame? | Jonathan Liew

"Evangelos Marinakis is by no means the first Premier League owner labouring under the impression that his skilled business acumen automatically confers him a certain genius in other fields. Nor is he the first owner with pretensions to artistry and cultural influence. Even so, it takes a particular rarefied level of hubris to write a literal pop single for a literal pop singer, a single recorded and released with what you have to say is quite a sexy video (mercifully, not featuring Marinakis)."

"And a few years ago what Marinakis wanted was to write the theme song to the Greek TV drama Exapsi, being screened on his Mega TV channel. Nobody would have thought any less of him had he chosen not to do this. Nobody would have quibbled had he decided to leave the job to a more experienced lyricist. But in music, as in football, and shipping, and politics, and philanthropy, Big Vange is a character who very much likes to be across things."

"Doubtless Sean Dyche will discover this soon enough, as did his predecessors in the Forest ejector seat. Nuno Espirito Santo's relationship with the owner went into sharp decline towards the end of last season, around the time the club's Champions League challenge began to tail off, and never remotely recovered. Ange Postecoglou's quest to win a trophy in his second season collapsed in its second month. Now it falls to Dyche to lift Forest out of the bottom three, and resurrect their Europa"

Evangelos Marinakis wrote a literal pop single with a sexy video and previously penned the theme for Greek TV drama Exapsi on his Mega TV channel. He routinely involves himself across music, football, shipping, politics, and philanthropy. Nottingham Forest fans acknowledged his autonomy amid the club's courtroom battle over Crystal Palace's Europa League place. His interventions have coincided with managerial breakdowns: Nuno Espirito Santo's relationship with the owner declined as performance dipped, Ange Postecoglou's trophy quest collapsed early, and now Sean Dyche faces the task of lifting Forest out of the relegation zone while reviving European ambitions.

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