Stelios has been a vocal critic of how football is run in Greece, in March 2015 he said in an interview with BBC sport that he feared continued violence at games threatened the future of the sport in his country. The Greek government had suspended professional football play three times that season because of violence at matches. ""Football people like myself, we are little bit concerned about football in Greece in the future,"" said Stelios. He also added: ""We need support from UEFA, from players' union FIFPro and of course we need support from the Greek government, which is completely new. All these sit down together at the same table and take some decisions.""