“I LOVED FATIH TERIM”
Regarding Fatih Terim’s departure, Babel said, “I took a lot more time with Torrent and had the chance to play in almost every match, but I loved Fatih Terim very much, but this is a club policy after all. “We know that they are under pressure, they can’t always do what they want. We, as players, hear from the media, fans or inside the club, we know what they are dealing with. Therefore, I always try to be professional and work with dedication and it will be like this until my last game.”
“ELECTIONS WERE TAKEN AT BAD TIMES”
Stating that the presidential elections in Galatasaray took place in bad times for the club and the club needed stability, the Dutch football player said in a statement, “When we look at the timing from the club’s point of view, both last season and this season, the elections took place at very bad times. For example, the PSV Eindhoven match we played in the Champions League qualifying round last year. “We had missing players until 2 weeks ago, we didn’t have a coach. Such situations cause delays. No one, including the coaches, knows how this period will develop in the last weeks of this season, we are in a process that affects everyone. If we want stability, we should avoid such things,” he said.
“THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS A CORRECT STRUCTURE AND FOUNDATION”
Mentioning that the most important thing in a club is to create a correct structure rather than transferring players, the experienced player said, “Actually, if I talk about such a thing, it would be disrespectful to my teammates, but I can say that the most important thing is the structure, something cannot be built without a foundation. Thus, all the steps of the ladder are affected. For example, we were able to train with only 9 players for 3 weeks at the beginning of last season, we also did not have a coach and we went to some European matches with missing players. Therefore, such things cause a healthy pre-season. “As an experienced player who played in Ajax and Liverpool, I know this very well. After all, it is necessary to lay the foundations of this business well. I think this is the reason why this season went like this,” he said.