Fernando Santos was appointed as the technical director of Beşiktaş. Erman Toroğlu explained the behind-the-scenes of the talks. Toroğlu said, “Lucescu is talking to the president. He says, ‘I can get this team into the top four. We can do something in the cup, too. We are not that bad of a team.’ The president also gets hopeful. The president sends Samet Aybaba to Bucharest. At that time, the president is with 15 coaches. in contact. Samet says, ‘Lucescu does not say good things about the team. There are places where he is right, and there are also places where he is wrong.’ e ‘Get on the plane and come back.’ “Samet then goes to Portugal and makes an agreement with Santos. This is the behind-the-scenes of the incident.” said.