The remarkable appearances during the first two months of the season, was a passport to be called by Michael Skibbe in the Greece national team for the upcoming crucial games against Cyprus and Gibraltar.

The international goalkeeper is free at the end of the season and as a result of this economic dispute with the club's administration remained essentially out of Manolo Jimenez's first team.

At the end of the season Olympiacos want to replace the experienced Belgian-Italian international goalkeeper Silvio Proto with the Greek goalie whose current contract with AEK expires in the summer of 2018 and it will not be extended.

[11] On 2 August 2018, after the game against GNK Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, AEK's former goalkeeper has been harshly criticized by the press for his appearance in the 5–0 away loss, and according to reports, the administration of the club even discusses the solution of his co-operation with him.

[13] On 26 November 2018, following an unsuccessful passage from Israel, Anestis signed a contract with Swedish club IFK Göteborg till the summer of 2020 for an undisclosed fee.