Beşiktaş Club President Serdal Adalı made remarkable statements in the ‘Agenda Special’ program of A Spor, where he was a guest before the Fenerbahçe derby. Here are the notable headlines from Adalı’s statements…
.“WHEN WE CAME, THERE WAS A GROUP OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO COULD NOT BE USEFUL FOR BEŞİKTAŞ”
“We knew that we could do something in more than one transfer period to watch our dream Beşiktaş. We had a group of football players who could not be useful to Beşiktaş. I cannot remember a period in 20 years when 12 transfers came and 25 players were transferred.”
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“WE RAISE THE BAR IN TRANSFER”
“After the real estate projects, we raised the bar in transfers. When I said “We will make 3 transfers”, our fans raised hell. I knew it. We also knew that this team would not have a chance to improve with 3 transfers.”
“WE HAVE MADE 12 TRANSFERS, WE STILL ARE LACK”
“We will have a painful period. We always say this; some things are not easy, and they will not be. But this team will settle down. We have another transfer period ahead of us. We made 12 transfers, we still have shortcomings, I agree. Our fans can rest easy. This team will be there, there is no possibility of it not happening. As the board of directors, we are not running away from anything. We also told the coach, ‘Whatever you want will happen’. We will try to complete the shortcomings in the winter transfer period. Our fans can rest easy. This team, “It will be our dream Beşiktaş.”
“2-3 PEOPLE FROM THE CURRENT SCOUT TEAM WILL WORK IN THE NEW SCOUT TEAM”
“The important thing is to establish the system. For the club’s transfer policy. Ahmet leaves and Mehmet stays. It is important not to disrupt the system. The system the coach wants to establish is no different from the current one. 2-3 people from the current scout team will also work in the new scout team.”
“GEDSON WANTED TO GO”
“It has nothing to do with money. Gedson really wanted to leave. We forget these things quickly, but the atmosphere of chaos affected the football players.”
“THERE WERE 2-3 PLAYERS THAT SERGEN HOCA WANTED”
“There were 2-3 players that Sergen Hodja wanted. It did not happen. The club said ‘OK’, but the football player did not want to come. The football player wanted to come, but did not leave the club.”
“BEŞİKTAŞ IS THE FAVORITE OF DERBIES”
“The mood in our team is good right now. It doesn’t matter who the opponent is in the derby. Beşiktaş is the favorite in the derby, without a doubt. I hope the boys will continue their derby success of last year.”
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“I told our kids, ‘Win the match so I can come to the locker room’. I called the captains a few times and they said, ‘President, let’s win and you do what is necessary’. We are doing it. Even when I was not the president, I went down and gave bonuses. As long as they do justice to the jersey.”
“OUR TARGET IS THE CHAMPIONSHIP”
“Once again, our goal is the championship. What should we do, say we will be 5th? Beşiktaş has no goal other than the championship. Again, our goal is the championship. We will chase it until the last match.”
“WE ARE NOT FAILURES”
“We go, we invest 100-150 million €, we make transfers. We bring in a coach. A community of 20 million people. One referee, with a whistle, turns the team for which you have worked for months for his own interests, upheaval. Then, a failed president, a bad coach, a bad football player. It’s not like that.”
“MUÇI AND AL MUSRATI TRANSFERS ARE CONTROVERSIAL”
“You are making the transfers of Muçi and Al-Musrati, both of them are controversial. I exclude the players here, they have nothing to do with each other. Both of them are deadline day transfers. Both clubs had financial institutions break it within a week of each other. This is part of football. Tomorrow, Roma may also cut Abraham’s wage. Having both of them at the same time is against the natural flow of life.”
“HASAN ARAT SENT ME A WARNING”
“Hasan Arat sent me a warning letter. He said that this issue was conveyed to the community incorrectly by me and that this was in line with the normal flow of life. The club in Poland wrote a letter to Hasan Arat about its discomfort with our statements. This is against the natural flow of life. Why don’t you write to Beşiktaş?”
“THE COMPETITORS DID WHAT WE WANTED TO DO 5 YEARS AGO”
“The rivals did what we want to do today in Dikilitaş 5 years ago. We will close the gap. This is not a shame, we will work like a construction company, there is no shame in this. Income from sports achievements cannot cover the money spent. The rival team spends 75 M€ on a single player. It spends this with the construction projects they have done in the past. We will close this gap with real estate projects. Galatasaray is getting paid for the real estate investments it made five years ago. If we came together, “We can complete five years in two years.”
“WE WANTED TO RECRUIT YOUNG PLAYERS AT FIRST”
“At first, we had a plan to transfer young people and form a team for the future. However, after the real estate project, we turned the page. The real estate incident gave us courage, so we made these transfers. From now on, I have no intention of exceeding the budget without generating income.”
“WE WILL CLOSE THE GAP”
“Unfortunately, no matter what you do, unless you close the gap financially, it is impossible to prevent the image of ‘A two-team league is going on’. However, we are working hard on this issue and we will close the gap.”