Prekazi, Gürsoy, who played the leading role in the arrival of dozens of players such as Simovic, Tanju Çolak, Six, Savaş Demiral, Tugay Kerimoğlu, Kosecki, Erhan Önal, Hasan Vezir, İlyas Tüfekçi, Hagi, Ilie, Popescu, Filipescu, Ribery, to Galatasaray. cannot forget what happened. Emphasizing that he and Rıdvan, who wore the Sarıyer jersey, agreed on everything in 1987, he said, “We agreed with Rıdvan for 50 thousand liras, but then he asked me to raise this number a little bit more. Normally, I would have given the number he wanted, but I wanted to ask the management about it from where it came to my mind. If I hadn’t asked the management about this situation, the last game they played was in Bolu and I would have sent a considerable number of people there, packing and bringing Rıdvan.”
ALLEGATIONS OF FIXING AND INCENTIVES ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE
Ergun Gürsoy also responded to the incentive premium allegations against him. Gürsoy harshly denied the allegations that a car was sent to players from Malatyaspor (1988) and that money went to Denizlispor (1987) before the matches to be played by their opponents on the way to the championship. He said, “I gave this money to this, I gave the car to this.”
I WANT TO BE THE PRESIDENT
Ergun Gürsoy, “Have you ever thought of being president of Galatasaray?” He replied, “I don’t think so! It’s on the minds of every manager, but Galatasaray’s decision makers ‘High Schools’ never offered me the presidency.”