Fraport TAV Antalyaspor, which has not been able to get the desired results in the Spor Toto Super League in the last weeks and is in the relegation pot, started its preparations for the Beşiktaş match. Aziz Çetin, the head of the red-white team, made striking statements to the 13th issue of the club magazine.
Stating that they met with Emre Belözoğlu for coaching after Ersun Yanal and Ersun Yanal parted ways, but Belözoğlu did not accept the offer, Aziz Çetin said, “We talked to our friends in the management on the phone that day. We met with 7-8 of our manager friends in the evening of the same day. They are now in the team. We believed that the air, blood and philosophy of the game should change. Because despite the 14-game unbeaten streak, neither the fans nor we were satisfied with the game. I don’t mean this in the sense of blaming anyone. It’s just that what our coach at that time knew was right, didn’t satisfy us and our fans. As it is known, names such as our former teacher Jose Morais, Stanislav Cherchesov, Andriy Shevchenko were on our list. Actually, we did not meet with these names, they were only among our alternatives. We only interviewed with Emre Belözoğlu. He was free at that time. We had a very polite and positive meeting. But himself to Başakşehir and the chairman G. Öksel stated that he had a love affair with Gümüşdağ, so he could not accept the offer. As a matter of fact, he called the next day and stated that he had received an offer from Başakşehir.”
“HE CREATED AIR LIKE ETO’O TRANSFER”
Stating that they turned to Nuri Şahin after Emre Belözoğlu did not accept the offer, Aziz Çetin said, “We knew that Nuri Şahin had a teacher in mind at that time. We were aware of his past interviews and conversations with him that he planned his future career in this way. without asking ‘What would happen if you were the teacher?’ We said. It has been an advantage for us that Nuri Şahin is one of us and knows the city, the community and the administration. “There is a team that is liked by all of Turkey with his arrival and the sympathetic football he plays. We are also very prominent in Europe thanks to his connections. Just as Eto’o created an atmosphere when he came to Antalya, maybe more of him was created with Nuri Şahin.” ‘ he said.