Galatasaray President Dursun Özbek made statements at the council meeting.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DURSUN ÖZBEK’S STATEMENTS ARE:
We will continue to struggle with those who only think of their own interests and manipulate Turkish football for these interests. This struggle does not tire us for a second, it does not injure us. It is some Galatasaray people who believe in these lies that hurt us.
Their sole purpose is to create an atmosphere of unity and solidarity that we have been trying to create since the first day. Let’s go back 12-13 years; What benefit did Galatasaray get from these fights? What could we do well in this period of fight? We will never stop spreading the climate of love.
As of June 30, partly 25 percent and partly 50 percent of our revenues were cut due to our Banks Association agreement. However, we made our payments. I have told you many times that we need to get out of our Banks Association agreement. This is our essential.
“WE PAY 400 MILLION LIRA ANNUALLY”
Our Mecidiyeköy building was started during the late Duygun Yarsuvat period. In order to evaluate our building in Mecidiyeköy in the most appropriate way, we made the following decision: Let’s build a residence and sell it. We pay 400 million TL of interest per year. As a sports club, this payment hits a big blow to Galatasaray. For him, the project in Mecidiyeköy is very important. We organized a sales office there. We have agreed with a company, especially for sales to foreigners, but our priority is the support of the members here.
“WE ARE TRYING TO BE CHAMPIONS WITH 40 YEARS OF FACILITIES”
We should build a facility in Kemerburgaz that is suitable for the conditions of the day. Whoever comes to the task has to build this facility. Our board members make great sacrifices to do this. I would like to thank my friends who made this contribution. Anyone who goes to Florida knows; The facility has been the same for 40 years. If you look at the developing football economy and its needs, we are still trying to become champions with the facilities 40 years ago.
“EVEN IF THE REAL ESTATE ARE SOLD, THE DEBT IS NOT CLOSED”
We have reached the final stage in the Florya project, we are about to buy 40 acres of land that does not belong to us. Then our presence increases to 65 acres and we have a salable area of 97,000 m2. As of today, Galatasaray Club is not enough for its debt even if it sells its real estate. We have to continue the sports activities that we have been doing for 117 years. For this, we have to consider all kinds of projects financially.