Last minute sports news: Beşiktaş Club presidential candidate made a statement in A Spor’s ‘Agenda Özel’.
HERE ARE YÜCEL’S WORDS:
HASAN ARAT’S RESIGNATION PROCESS
After the Maccabi match, I called both Hasan Arat and Kaan Şakul on the phone and said, ‘Don’t even think of resigning tomorrow, we need to take action and make a plan-program. “The teacher will be sent, Sergen Yalçın will be contacted and then we will see what to do in line with the developments,” I said. Hasan Arat also said very clearly, ‘Contact the lawyers immediately and finish the teacher’s work. He said, “Don’t make Sergen Hodja wait until tomorrow, call him immediately and have your meeting.” I did it all. We had established a structure there, I had two assistants; Onur Göçmez and Mete Vardar. They went to Ümraniye and prepared a 30-item action plan. They were coming to tell me the summary of the issue. At that time, Hasan Arat called and said, ‘I’m leaving, forgive me’ and left us.
“HASAN ARAT’S RESIGNATION IS TRAGICCOMIC”
We held a board of directors meeting 1-2 days before the Maccabi match and discussed how we could correct the bad situation in football. We always had a saying; ‘Samet Aybaba – Brad Friedel’ there is a double header there, people talk behind each other’s backs and this harms Beşiktaş’s football structure. Brad Friedel goes to Giovanni van Bronckhorst and says, “Samet Hodja is talking behind your back.” This was an issue that needed to be taken seriously and we did not interfere with the football side at all. These problems already existed. Onur Göçmez had resigned, Hasan Arat said, ‘Meet Onur and let him withdraw his resignation. ‘We are opening a clean page, our future is bright.’ So I convinced Mr. Onur. We had the man withdraw his resignation, and the president resigned a day later! This is a very tragicomic situation.
Beşiktaş fans’ hope is broken, we are trying to encourage them. This election is of particular importance, the community needs new excitement and motivation.
“THE FIRST NAME WE WILL GO TO IS SERGEN YALÇIN”
Sergen Yalçın comes first among our plans. Our plan B is another local coach, our plan C is a foreign coach.
“SCHMIDT DID NOT ACCEPT OUR OFFER”
“Roger Schmidt did not accept our 6-month contract offer.”
“FEYYAZ UÇAR DID NOT WANT TO BE IN MANAGEMENT”
“Feyyaz Uçar did not want to take part in the management, we will work with him as a club professional.”
“RAFA SILVA IS HAPPY IN BEŞİKTAŞ”
“Rafa Silva is very happy in Beşiktaş. He is a little obsessed with his teammates just because they are booing him. A separation is out of the question.”
“83 MILLION EURO AGREEMENT WILL BE MADE WITH 21 COMPANIES”
Sponsorship agreements worth 83 million Euros will be made with 21 companies. A 3-year agreement will be signed starting from the 2025-2026 season.
“SURPRISE TRANSFER IN JANUARY IS DIFFICULT”
“Surprise transfers in January are very difficult, but we will do it in the summer transfer period.”
“BEŞİKTAŞ WAS NOT ON THE FIELD IN THE ADANA DEMİRSPOR MATCH”
“How did Beşiktaş, which beat Fenerbahçe, get stuck with Adana Demirspor? How do you evaluate this process?”
“The football players played as if they had chosen a match, there is nothing to explain. Beşiktaş was not on the field.”
“BLOOD AND MENTALITY CHANGE IS NEEDED”
“Beşiktaş needs a change of blood and mentality, there are obsolete things inside.”
“IF I HAD MADE THE TRANSFERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON…”
“If I had made all the transfers at the beginning of the season, the situation we would be in would be different.”
“I EXPECT 10 THOUSAND PARTICIPATION TO THE CONGRESS”
“I expect more than 10 thousand people to attend the congress, a higher attendance would be in our favor. I can handle this job, manage Beşiktaş as if it were my own company and be successful.
“SEMİH RECEIVED AN OFFER FROM ASTON VILLA”
Semih Kılıçsoy received an offer of 15 million Euros from Aston Villa last summer and they were going to give him one left-back player. The amount was found to be low and was rejected. “My opinion was in favor of selling the player.”
“THE FIGURE CENK TOSUN REQUESTED WAS TOO HIGH”
Our friends in the management met with Cenk Tosun. The requested figures seemed too high to us. We decided not to renew the contract.