The visit to Istanbulspor’s facilities in Büyükçekmece was accompanied by TFF President Mehmet Büyükekşi, TFF Executive Board Member and Super League Clubs Supervisor Müslüm Özmen, TFF National Teams Manager Hamit Altıntop, Istanbulspor Club President Ecmel Sarıalioğlu, Istanbulspor Technical Director Fatih Tekke. club officials.
Speaking to members of the media here, Büyükekşi referred to the announcement made by the federation regarding the foreign player rule on weekdays, “We did not announce anything new in the foreign player rule. We continued the situation as it was.” said.
Reminding that the leagues were suspended this season due to the World Cup and the earthquake disaster on February 6, Büyükekşi said, “Some of our teams had to withdraw from the league. Right now, we have a 5-year study. However, our clubs said, ‘Let’s postpone that study for 1 more year, until the end of this year. Let’s work out all the details until we get to it, and so on.’ “We found it appropriate. We also saw this statement as appropriate in our last study at the Clubs’ Association. When we approached the end of June last year, nothing was done in the spending limit, foreign subject and publication tender. There were shortcomings. We wanted the teams to take this decision and see the way ahead.” ” used the phrases.
Continuing his speech by celebrating the 19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day, TFF President said, “I congratulate the holiday of all our youth. Today we will visit Istanbulspor facilities with our esteemed president. We have important thoughts and plans about the youth. The visit to the Academy is also related to this. Ecmel Our President has also made a very good structuring here. They said that they will make an important investment for both the A team and the academy in an important location of the city in Büyükçekmece. They will further increase these facilities by the end of next year.” he said.
“WE CONGRATULATE OUR CAPTAIN (HAKAN CALHANOĞLU)”
Expressing that Turkey is one of the countries with the youngest population in Europe, Mehmet Büyükekşi continued his words as follows:
“We visit all Super League clubs one by one. Our goal is for the future of the clubs in Turkey to come from their own resources. We need to train our young talents correctly. We have very important talents who are trained abroad, from infrastructures in Europe. Champions League in Istanbul on 10 June. Hakan Çalhanoğlu, one of the most valuable names of Inter, one of the teams in this final. He is the captain of our national team. He was trained from the German infrastructure. Congratulations to our captain. Names such as Yıldıray Baştürk, Hamit Altıntop, Nuri Şahin, Arda Turan took part in the Champions League final before. Hakan Çalhanoğlu He also became the 5th name. Orkun Kökçü, the team captain in Feyenoord, is also a person who grew up from the European infrastructure. They also became champions.”
Pointing out that there are important talents in Turkey, Büyükekşi said, “At the moment Arda Güler is on the agenda in Turkey. There are important players who grew up from Fenerbahçe’s infrastructure. Names such as Merih Demiral in the national team, Ersin Destanoğlu in Beşiktaş and Abdülkadir Ömür in Trabzonspor are from the infrastructure. “Unfortunately, these are the fingers of a hand. There are talents such as Cengiz Ünder and Çağlar Söyüncü from Altınordu. We need to express the number of these names in hundreds. The players we train are very important values. We send them first to the A squad of each team, and then to the country and abroad. “We can create world-class stars by selling them abroad. Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Orkun Kökçü, Enes Ünal, Merih Demiral, Arda Güler have great values in the international market. We have to attach great importance to this business. The future of Turkish football is here.” ” made its assessment.
Büyükekşi called on the Turkish football public and said, “Please, let’s give importance to this academy business. I care. We were in Sivas the other day. There was a tournament in Sivas where 50 teams participated in primary schools. We agreed with Double Pass. Children of Double Pass. He starts football at the age of 6. We will train 220 teachers in total. After the Double Pass training, a curriculum will be prepared for us. All clubs have an average of 250-300 licensed players in academies. After a certain period of time, when we look at our pool, we will have 3-4 thousand players who have undergone the same training. This situation will be an important pool for the national team. Besides, the quality of the game will increase. The Turkish academy system will begin to bear fruit in 3-4 years, I hope.” he said.
SARIALIOĞLU: SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE RADICAL DECISIONS
Istanbulspor Club President Ecmel Sarıalioğlu celebrated the 19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day and said, “We wish you a happy holiday. We are very pleased with the visit of our Federation President. We have our own land of 40-50 decares here. “Our federation needs to be a little more determined. Sometimes we will have to take radical decisions. We have some time ahead of us and we have many young people. These names need to be brought into football.” used the phrases.
After the statements, TFF President Büyükekşi and the accompanying delegation toured the facility with Istanbulspor officials.