Trochanas created SOE as a "model" group that raised money from tens of thousands of people to build villages in Crete and Attica.

The investment would be based on the money of the small shareholders who would give their savings and at the same time they would make sure that others would sign up with a pyramid scheme.

[1] In the summer of 1995, Trochanas acquired the majority share package of AEK Athens from Dimitris Melissanidis and Ioannis Karras by paying approximately 1.5 billion drachmas.

The fans even though they developed a hate reliationship with Bajević, they put the blame on Trochanas due to his bad relations with the Bosnian coach, as he used to interfere in the later's work.

"The footballer Demis Nikolaidis from next season will not have the double-headed eagle only in his heart", with the once strong man of AEK confirming a few hours later.

A move that infuriated the ultras even more, who expressed their indignation and their demand for Trochanas' departure in the first training session of the season.

[6][7] In 1997 Trochanas was involved with the management of Aris, participating in their administrative effort to recover it, through a vision of a "popular base" association.