Galatasaray’s 30-year-old defender Abdülkerim Bardakcı spoke to Galatasaray Magazine. Bardakcı talked about the team’s goals and appealed to the fans for the Europa League final. Abdülkerim Bardakcı also confessed about the transfer allegations. Here are those striking expressions…
“THERE WILL BE UPSETS, BUT…”
I have a very big family with Galatasaray fans. I saw that we have every chance of achieving success. I have endless goals now… Let our fans trust us. There will be ups and downs, but at the end of the day we will be successful. We will reach the goals one by one. We are a very strong family, together we have the power to achieve anything. Let’s always stick together. It’s nice when successes are shared.
“I LOVE THE PLEASURE OF GOAL”
I have played centre-back in the past too. But I always loved the goal. There were also periods when I was played as left back, but I can say that my favorite position is centre-back. But I love scoring goals, chasing goals, that pleasure… Seeing us running to our fans after the goal motivates me even more.
“IT IS NOT FOR US TO PLAY ACCORDING TO THE OPPONENT”
We concentrate very well on every match, big or small. Since the opponents are less closed in big matches, we have the chance to show our game better, but we want to play our own game in every match without discrimination. It is not for us to play according to the opponent.
“INTEREST RECEIVED FROM MANY EUROPEAN TEAMS”
There were always rumors of Europe when I was on the A team at Konyaspor. After my first year at Galatasaray, there was interest from many European teams. I have more goals at Galatasaray. I don’t want this story to be left unfinished right now. We focused on our goal in Europe, not only as Abdülkerim, but as a team. But Italy is one of my favorite leagues.
“I CALL EVERYONE TO SAN MAMES STADIUM”
(In response to the question “League championship or UEFA Europa League championship?”) We will win the league championship. “I urge everyone to make early reservations for San Mames Stadium.”