Beşiktaş President Ahmet Nur Çebi held a press conference. President Cebi, while touching on many points from the TFF to the transfer agenda of the club, made a remarkable statement about the national football player Cenk Tosun.
Important notes from Cebi’s statements:
“Especially in October 2019, with the ex-president’s decision to quit, I became the President of Beşiktaş by taking 5 thousand odds of 8 thousand games.”
“When we came, there was a very difficult situation at the club. Not a penny was going into the cash register, the payments had not been made for 6 months. We found ourselves as Beşiktaş manager in a difficult and troublesome process. I wish there were more presidential candidates in order to increase Beşiktaş’s brand value. Now there are 2 candidates, including me.”
“INCREASE DEBT IS SUCCESS”
“According to the assessment reports we received at the time we arrived, the debt was 3 billion TL. Currently, our debt is 4.3 billion TL. Of course, it is an unhappy situation. However, 4.3 billion is an inevitable situation when you include the interest and exchange rate differences since our arrival. We see this not increasing as a success. Our Currently, our income is 1.8 billion and our expenses are 1.8 billion. We created the balanced budget, but the debt seems to have increased due to interest and exchange rates.”
“WE ATTENTION TO AMATEUR SPORTS”
“Of course, amateur sports are very important to us. Women’s football, handball… The loss of amateurs, which was 10 million euros when we arrived, has been reduced to 5 the next year and 2 the next year.”
“NO ONE CAN BUY”
“A total of about 500-600 million savings have been achieved as a result of our efforts. At this hour, it is out of the question that anyone will receive from Beşiktaş. Especially, we are happy to pay the salaries of our working brothers and sisters on time, from the smiles on their faces.”
“I know that my community and my supporters do not believe in the perception studies carried out on social media. Let no one fall into doubt. We settled the stadium in our period, we renovated the Akatlar and Süleyman Seba Facilities.”
“WE WILL DIRECT TO YOUTH”
“Next year, we want to create an equity-based structure where we get away from all this, care about young people and recruit players that we can buy at low costs and sell for high prices. If we are elected, this will be the message I will give to the community.”
“The 3-5 million Euro contracts with players such as Ljajic, Douglas, Lens are the basis of this debt burden. Next year, we want to create an equity-based structure that moves away from all these, cares about young people and recruits players that we can buy cheaply and sell for high wages. That will be my message.”
“We have lost 1 Billion TL in 2 years due to the pandemic. We have especially big losses in broadcasting revenues. If the pandemic had not happened, our debt would have been 1 billion TL lower.”
“This stadium was not inhabited. We were fortunate enough to get the resettlement of this stadium. Also, the Akatlar and Süleyman Seba facilities were renovated. When we arrived, NO: 1903 Tavern was taken over by the Municipality due to our debts. We did what was necessary, paid our debts and brought the tavern back to our club. Beşiktaş people go with their children and have their breakfast. can do.”
What will the transfer budget be like for the new season? Star striker?
Ahmet Nur Cebi: “There are no crazy budgets. It’s easy to get a star, the ones who come after you pay for it. Our aim is not to get stars, but to create stars. However, we want to have 3-4 quality players in our squad and to set an example for our youth. Especially in the field of forwards. Rıdvan, Ersin, Serdar… There is a knock on our door about all of them. But how we can benefit is important. As long as we do not get the numbers in our heads, none of our children will go anywhere.
CALL FOR TFF
If you could solve the problem when you shout about the referees, would it still be a problem today? You’re going to go and talk so that something can be resolved. I protected Beşiktaş’s interests where I should have. More than that goes into the show. I call out to all the institutions of the TFF, resign. It’s all biased. The problem is the referees. We said that these referees should go, young referees should come.
He was not involved in the referee operation. However, it was done incompletely and incorrectly. This work has been diluted because it has not been fully done. Especially those who give flowers and those who do not find this operation correct are those who say that they are victims after each referee’s mistake. I don’t have any thoughts like being the TFF presidency. I want to serve my club. If I had such a thought, I would not be a candidate for the Beşiktaş presidency.
“I’M DETERMINED TO STAND BEHIND ISMAEL”
I am very hopeful of my teacher Valerien Ismael. He hasn’t missed a U19 game so far, he tells every young boy where he went wrong. I am determined to stand behind Valerien Ismael. Abdullah Avcı, Sergen Yalçın, Önder Karaveli… I did not send any of them. We parted ways with those who did not want to work.
“CENK IS OUR MARRIAGE BUT…”
Cenk Tosun is our son, but there is a serious difference between us in terms of wages. Love is different, reality is different. Do I want to, yes, in the terms of Beşiktaş. We made use of Vida, but from now on, two will be one. As I said, we will continue with the youth. It would be good if we have an experienced striker.