It's another edition of 'They Told You So!', where we take a deeper dive into the lives of our podcast guests and their football careers. Melbourne-born Michael Valkanis' extensive 16-year playing career as a defender closely intertwined with his cultural ties to both Australia and Greece, and his managerial career has followed a strikingly similar path - he had his first taste of coaching at Adelaide United, followed by partnerships with John van't Schip at Melbourne City, PEC Zwolle and currently the Greece national team.Following discussion on Nations League and Greek football in the last podcast episode, Michael elaborates on his proud Australian/Greek football allegiances, his managerial aspirations and the challenges of coaching over in Europe.