“I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING”
The management that appointed me and had some goals left office a year ago. Then a new administration came. As time went on, I felt like there was no trust and no support. After that, I thought that somehow it would come to this conclusion. It was bad because we got a lot of points, so it’s hard for me to find a real reason, and I haven’t found one yet.
“MEDIA PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MY LEAVE”
Turkish media played a big role in my deportation. For example, you cannot say anything that is a lie here. Because I can claim my rights against this. This does not exist in Turkey. It’s a shame that some fake and fictionalized news is accepted as true. Besides the media, much worse is social media. It can’t be compared to here. In other countries there is a sense of looking at facts and evidence. But it’s hard to see it there. With this, pressure begins to build on players and managers.
“I WANTED TO SEE HOW I COULD DEAL WITH THE PRESSURE”
Why did I leave the Germany U21 team? I wanted to see if I could coach a national A team. Because there is more pressure and I wanted to see how I could handle that pressure. Also, as a foreigner, your emotions play a much bigger role and with that comes a lot more pressure from the public. The conclusions I draw from here are very important to me. It will help me in all my future tasks. When I first arrived, I was given a World Cup target, but we were eliminated by Portugal in the play-off round. Then we moved up to League B in the Nations League. The third goal was to go to Germany. We were in a very good position there too, with 10 points, the same points as Croatia.