In the 18th week of the Trendyol Super League, Galatasaray suffered a serious injury in the race for the top by drawing 1-1 with Gaziantep FK, which it hosted at RAMS Park. Okan Buruk, the coach of the yellow-red team, made a statement after the match. Speaking to the broadcaster, the experienced coach gave information about the transfer efforts. Here are Buruk’s statements:
“IT IS NOT EASY TO BRING PLAYERS TO Türkiye”
“In the winter transfer period, it is not easy to remove players from their teams. Sometimes the players want to leave the teams, sometimes the team is positive and the player is not interested. It is not easy to bring a player to the Turkish League. Sometimes we experience this with young players. It takes a process to convince. In this process, you turn to many players. You go through options. Not all of them will be possible. There are many names other than ours, and there are names that we are not interested in and have not met with. This inevitably creates confusion. There is confusion as to whether this profile or that profile.”
WE WANT TO PROVIDE TRANSFERS AS QUICKLY”
“This week is an important week. Champions League match, Karagümrük match, Manchester City match… We want to make the transfers as quickly as possible. While I watch the matches, I watch the players on the other hand. We are making a lot of effort. We will get it, I always say this, we will get it. Sometimes there is a process. You get a positive signal from the player, but if he played in the match that week, he played well, then it becomes difficult to get him. Such misfortunes also happen. Even if the team intends to give the player who plays well, he does not give it. We will meet with our president again tomorrow, more intensively. “We will hold a large meeting and manage the process.”
