Beşiktaş drew 0-0 with Adana Demirspor, which it hosted in the 22nd week of the Super League. After the match, Feyyaz Uçar, the football branch manager of the black-and-white club, made a statement to the press.
Uçar started his speech by criticizing the referee management and said, “We have things to say. After each match, we do not complain about anything to you like most teams in the Super League. This is in our culture, in Beşiktaş. We are patient. Sometimes our patience runs out. Today is one of those moments. The team I played for when I was a football player (Beşiktaş) got a goal from the referee. A referee who sprinted to the back post scored us a goal in our penalty area. We said it could be possible. We said it was unfortunate. We have honorable second places. Other teams do not have it. But nothing changes in the Central Referee Board (MHK). . We say enough is enough. Last week, Rebic’s foot was stepped on. There should be a red card. We said, let’s not rely on the excuse of the referee because the score is bad. There is a penalty position today. For some reason, Atilla Karaoğlan is not convinced by VAR that it is a penalty. There was a penalty two weeks ago. They are not convinced there either, but they are convinced by VAR. I will have a request from Beşiktaş management in this week’s board of directors. I will request a referee statistician. This friend will most likely be an old friend. At least he may have knowledge of the situations they have been against us so far. This referee friend will prepare statistics on all matters such as which match he refereed, who was shown a yellow card, how much VAR called or did not call. We will share it with you too. This was our last resort. We are sorry on behalf of MHK that we did this. Referee statistician is a new term. There are many clubs in Turkey that do this without your knowledge. “We will be transparent,” he said.
“HOT CONTACT WAS MADE WITH TWO PLAYERS”
Evaluating the Adana Demirspor match and speaking about the transfer agenda of the black-white team, Feyyaz Uçar continued his words as follows:
“We had many positions in the match. We were incompetent in the last shots. The players did their best. It is a sad situation that the opponent was down to 10 men and the goal was not scored. We will continue on our way. There was warm contact with two players regarding the transfer. There are two and three positions we identified: centre-back, forward libero and back forward. First of all, we searched for center back and forward libero. In our country’s current situation, we could not find a defender or front libero to play locally in an Anatolian team or in our other rivals Beşiktaş. We turned to foreign transfers. We had 14 foreigners. Then it dropped to 13. Then We reduced it to 12. These guys have very good contracts. They do not want to abandon their contracts easily. There is no other club where they can earn money so easily. We have seen many players in our team who received their guaranteed money with a straight run. We need time. The reason for the delay in transfers is the players whose contracts we cannot get rid of. Thank God, we are saved now. We have been saved from two more contracts. We made one of them a foreign transfer with Svensson. We will have two more foreign transfers. Warm contact was established with the players who will lead us to the championship next season. There will be a face to face meeting tomorrow or the next day. There are small details. “A long way has been made.”
CHAMBERLAIN DID NOT ACCEPT THE CONTRACT ICE CREAM OFFER
Uçar announced that they requested to freeze the contracts of English football player Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Bosnia and Herzegovina player Amir Hadziahmetovic, who will be away from the fields for a long time due to injury, in order to reduce the number of foreigners.
Stating that they are in a difficult situation, Feyyaz Uçar said, “We requested from both of them. There was no positive response from Alex. There are negotiations with the chief. I hope he will understand us.”
He stated that coach Fernando Santos will decide whether Aboubakar will stay in the team or not.
THE DEMANDS ARE HIGH FOR CENK AND SALİH
Explaining that they could not progress quickly in re-signing Cenk Tosun and Salih Uçan, whose contracts will expire at the end of the season, Uçar said, “Mutual offers were made regarding Cenk and Salih. We cannot progress quickly. The demands are high. In line with the coach’s wishes, if he wants to see them in the squad of the next season, their contracts will be renewed.”
“WE WILL INCREASE THE QUALITY OF BEŞİKTAŞ SQUAD”
Underlining that two transfers will be made in the near future, the black-and-white manager said, “There will be players left idle when the transfer ends in Europe between 1-7 February. We will be looking for a number 10 transfer in that time period. When those who are in the African Cup of Nations and useful to us return “We will improve the quality of Beşiktaş’s squad,” he said.
“MATIC AMONG THE CANDIDATES”
Referring to the transfer allegations in the press about Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic, Feyyaz Uçar said, “We have refrained from talking about the name before. We made a statement about our ex-child. Matic is among the candidates, but there are alternatives. Negotiations continue with alternatives. The decision will definitely be made this week.” “They will join the team next week, even if not within the next week. Transfers were delayed due to the players whose contracts we had to get rid of. Unfortunately, we cannot get a new one without sending them away,” he said.
To a question about the removal of the option in Rachid Ghezzal’s contract, Uçar replied, “Ghezzal said he wants to stick to my contract. We have nothing left to say.”
“GOOD PLAYERS WILL COME FROM GOOD TEAMS”
Feyyaz Uçar continued his words as follows:
“The clubs that our president said, PSG and Chelsea, have close relations with other clubs in Europe. We are not their pilot team. They do not train players for us. We are a team as big as them. If they do not give us the players we want, we will start looking for them. The players coming will be good players from good teams.”
“I APOLOGIZE TO THE FANS”
Addressing the black and white fans, Uçar said, “I apologize to our fans. They can be understanding, it is their choice not to. For last week’s score, for today’s score. We are doing our best. I also explained why the transfer was delayed. Our fans will watch a Beşiktaş that is playing for the championship next season. Because they deserve it. “They did not give up their love for Beşiktaş despite the impossibilities for many years. I thank them. It was a matter of patience. Hopefully we will have good days. We lived these days again. I hope we will see it again together,” he said.
“THE TARGET IS THE CUP AND 3RD PLACE”
A press member asked, “Is winning the Turkish Cup a success for Beşiktaş?” To the question, Uçar said, “We will face Antalyaspor in the Turkish Cup. It will be a good match. We will play there with our son Sergen Yalçın’s team. It will be an enjoyable match. They also have a goal. The goal is not just the cup. Our claim for third place continues. In the league too He concluded his words by replying, “We will do our best to be 3rd.”