The Rafa Silva crisis in Beşiktaş has gained a new dimension. President Serdal Adalı stood down to the Portuguese star whom he met at the facilities yesterday. President Adalı had previously held private meetings with Rafa Silva twice. Rafa Silva, who met with Adalı after a match in which he was taken off by Sergen Yalçın, shockingly expressed his desire to quit football. Adalı replied, “Is that possible? We built this team on you. Go ahead, we’ll talk again at the end of the season.”
I’M DEMORATED, I WANT TO QUIT FOOTBALL
According to the news in Milliyet, the Portuguese football player did not go to training after experiencing tension with Sergen Yalçın before the Fenerbahçe derby. Mayor Adalı stepped in again and met with Rafa Silva for the second time and asked him to play in the derby. It was determined that the experienced football player who agreed to play in the match said, “I am depressed, I want to quit football” at this meeting.
It was learned that Adalı responded, “We’ll talk during halftime.” Immediately after the second meeting, Rafa Silva’s manager called Mayor Adalı and took the issue to a different point by saying, “We want to leave at halftime.” The manager’s attitude made Adalı very angry.
YOU DO NOT WANT TO QUIT FOOTBALL, YOU WANT TO LEAVE THE TEAM
President Adalı had his third meeting with Rafa Silva yesterday. The Portuguese player once again expressed his desire to quit football at the meeting. Thereupon, it was stated that Adalı stood up to Rafa Silva by saying, “You were talking about quitting football before, saying you were in a bad mood and low mood, but your manager started talking about money with us. You don’t want to quit football, you want to leave the team. You have a contract with us for another 1.5 years. If you bring 15 million euros, you can leave.”