Giresunspor Club President Nahid R. Yamak said, “Our club is currently in a deep debt situation and it is impossible to manage this debt with current income.”
Giresunspor Club President Nahid R. Yamak and Coach Mehmet Birinci made statements regarding the agenda at the press conference held at Çotanak Sports Complex. President Nahid Yamak stated that everyone should face the realities of the club and said, “Our purpose in holding this press conference is to ensure that everyone faces the realities of our club and to understand these realities. We are exposed to different kinds of criticism in the press, especially on social media. This is quite normal. Frankly, this is I am not disturbed by criticism. The reason for this is that those who make these criticisms come from people who do not support any positive projects. Criticism is an expression of opinion that will benefit us when done correctly and constructively. However, if you do not put forward an idea for a solution, the criticism has no meaning. The current situation of our club. “All our fans need to understand and accept it,” he said.
“OUR CLUB IS IN DEBT, LITERALLY RIGHT NOW”
Pointing out that it is impossible to cover the club’s debt with current revenues, President Yamak said, “Our club is currently in a state of deep debt and it is impossible to manage this debt with current revenues. The reason for this is the large debt burden of around 350 Million TL remaining from the previous management.”
Speaking about whether the transfer board can be opened, which is the most curious issue about Giresunspor in the public, Yamak said, “I would like to clarify this issue that everyone is curious about. Frankly speaking, our first priority is to fix the financial structure of the club and find a solution to make the debt manageable, and then on the transfer issue.” It will be to do our best. The priority of me and my friends is to produce a solution to make Giresunspor’s debt manageable. For this, it is necessary to first make the foreign currency debt manageable. Foreign currency has been constantly increasing in our country since 2018. This means that the foreign currency debt will constantly increase as long as it is not paid. Giresunspor owes 6.5 million Euros to foreign players. This debt needs to be cleared. Without managing this debt, Giresunspor cannot exist in any way. The aim of me and my friends is to manage this debt by bargaining with creditors. If this process takes shape in time for the transfer period, then the transfer we do. “If it doesn’t catch up, there will be no change in our situation,” he said.
“WE WILL FILE CASES RELATED TO IRREGULATORS IN AUDIT REPORTS IN THE NEAR TERM”
Referring to the Jean Pyerre case in FIFA, which was the biggest player crisis experienced by Giresunspor in the past, Yamak said, “We could not even take FIFA’s decision regarding Jean Pyerre’s application to CAS. We missed the deadline. If we could have taken that decision to CAS, Giresunspor Last season, he was able to make transfers in the interim period and in the summer. Maybe we would be right in the trial to be held in CAS and avoid the transfer ban and the compensation of 765 thousand Euros to be paid to Jean Pyrere. Of course, we are making legal applications to those who made these mistakes and we will continue to do so. Our club’s financial We will demand their losses from them. While our struggle in the sporting field continues, we also continue our struggle on such issues. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has notified our board of directors that we need to initiate the legal process regarding the irregularities in the reports prepared during the audits of the past periods of our club, and that it will file lawsuits against these in the near future. ” he said.
“WE ARE TRYING TO GET THE BEST CAPACITY FROM THE PLAYERS WE HAVE”
Answering the questions of the press members at the meeting, Giresunspor Coach Mehmet Birinci said that they are working to get good performance from the players available and said;
“I am a coach. We try to get the best performance from the players we have. As you know, 15 of our 35 players are our own children. We push their capacities as much as possible and they play well above this capacity. I can’t say anything about whether we stay in the league or fall, but “We cannot tolerate even one missing player. Erol Can has a very sad injury. This is a bad and difficult situation for us.”
Biri stated that the average age of the team is 20.5 and that they are fighting with a very young squad compared to their opponents, and said, “Despite this, the children are doing their best. I cannot comment much about the period before me, but as I said before, I would like to thank Mustafa once again.” “He left a very good team in terms of physics. When we look at the matches we played, we got bad results due to individual mistakes. It is too early to say anything right now whether we will stay in the relegation or not, but I would like to point out that I am here whether we fall or stay,” he said.